wadmal

or wad·maal, wad·mel, wad·mol, wad·moll

[ wod-muhl ]

noun
  1. 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

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Old Norse vathmāl, equivalent to vāth cloth (cognate with Old English wæd;see weed2) + māl measure (see piecemeal)

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wadmal

/ (ˈwɒdməl) /


noun
  1. a coarse thick woollen fabric, formerly woven esp in Orkney and Shetland, for outer garments

Origin of wadmal

1
C14: from Old Norse vathmal, from vath cloth + mal measure

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