wadmal
or wad·maal, wad·mel, wad·mol, wad·moll
a bulky woolen fabric woven of coarse yarn and heavily napped, formerly much used in England and Scandinavia for the manufacture of durable winter garments.
Origin of wadmal
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How to use wadmal in a sentence
Some were in leather jerkins that would resist a sword-cut or a pike-thrust, but the majority were in thick wadmel.
Pabo, The Priest | Sabine Baring-GouldThe men in dark Wadmel jackets with bright buttons, and the women with red ribands bound on their caps and knitted sleeves.
A Danish Parsonage | John Fulford Vicary
British Dictionary definitions for wadmal
/ (ˈwɒdməl) /
a coarse thick woollen fabric, formerly woven esp in Orkney and Shetland, for outer garments
Origin of wadmal
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