01 a. Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
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Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
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Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Entry
4 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Linen
02 n. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, e…
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Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens
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Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
Phrases & compounds
Linen draper —
a dealer in linen.
Linen prover —
a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll —
an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.