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wadmal.

Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.

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