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wadmal

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

[wod-muh l]
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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.
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Origin of wadmal

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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Historical Examples

  • Leif gave her a gold finger-ring, a Greenland wadmal mantle, and a belt of walrus-tusk.

    The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503

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British Dictionary definitions for wadmal

wadmal

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

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