wadmal

American  

[wod-muhl] / ˈwɒd məl /

Or wadmaal,

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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wadmal British  

/ ˈwɒdməl /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of wadmal

1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse vathmāl, equivalent to vāth cloth (cognate with Old English wæd; see weed ²) + māl measure ( see piecemeal)

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

wadmal

He built up the mouth of the cave, and hung grey wadmal before the entrance, so that none below could notice anything peculiar, or any one living there.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

He didn't care about the sodden wadmal breeks and tunic that hung around his skin.

From The Valor of Cappen Varra by Poul William Anderson

His father would not give him any outfit for his voyage beyond his bare provisions and a little wadmal.

From Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga by Unknown

We see them meeting to discuss laws and frontiers, and feasting late when business is done, and chaffering for knives with ivory handles, for arrows, and saddles, and wadmal, in the booths of the citizens.

From Oxford by Andrew Lang

Then Swanhild gave him faring-money and gifts of wadmal and gold rings, promising that he should have so much again when she came to Iceland.

From Eric Brighteyes by Henry Rider Haggard

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