linen
noun
adjective
Origin of linen
Related Words for linen
cloth, bedding, lingerie, lawn, thread, paper, damask, napery, cambric, brabant, dornick, toileExamples from the Web for linen
Contemporary Examples of linen
Davis jumped over a 4-foot porch wall and ran into a house, where he and others crammed themselves into a linen closet.
The edges of the elegant paper are crackled; the ink bled into the linen weave long ago and has not faded.
A linen shirt, for example, is, strictly speaking, not a necessary of life.
The Greeks and Romans lived, I suppose, very comfortably though they had no linen.
Still, traces of her old life—the Glock in her linen closet, for one—linger.
Historical Examples of linen
He was naked save for a linen under shirt and pair of woollen drawers.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
Did she wish to say that she was grateful to him for having helped her in recovering the linen?
The DreamEmile Zola
"To seek the linen for the new sheets, but it was not ready," she answered glibly.
Fair MargaretH. Rider Haggard
And the linen I shall deposit, in pursuance of your kind hint, cannot be missed.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Pick them from the stalks, and squeeze them through a linen bag.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie