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; weed ² ) + māl measure ( piecemeal )

Example Sentences

He hung some grey wadmal in front of the hole, and it looked from the road below as if one could see through.

From Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga by Unknown

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 Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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

From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.

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 Lang, Andrew