woolsack

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Hard by is the shield of an allied commercial family, their coat one of fleurs-de-lis interspersed with woolsacks.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

They used to order sheepherders like they did woolsacks, by cripes!

From The Flying U Ranch by Bower, B. M.

Orchard House, Neithrop, the front of which it is said was protected by woolsacks during the siege of Banbury Castle, stands on a mound away from the road side.

From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin

For 'tis most certain winter woolsacks grow, Till that the sheepshorn planets give the hint, From geese to swans, if men could keep them so, And pickle pancakes in Geneva print.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

The clerk, who was one of the clerks of the House of Lords, placed on the table, between the four woolsacks, the cushion on which lay the bills.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor