FLANNEL

flannel

(noun) a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing

flannel, gabardine, tweed, white

(noun) (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

washcloth, washrag, flannel, face cloth

(noun) bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

flannel (countable and uncountable, plural flannels)

(uncountable) A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

(New Zealand, British, countable) A washcloth.

(US, countable) A flannel shirt.

(slang) Soothing plausible untruth and half truth, claptrap - "Don't talk flannel"

Adjective

flannel (not comparable)

Made of flannel.

Verb

flannel (third-person singular simple present flannels, present participle flannelling or flanneling, simple past and past participle flannelled or flanneled)

(transitive) To rub with a flannel.

(transitive) To wrap in flannel.

(transitive) To flatter; to suck up to.

Anagrams

• fannell

Source: Wiktionary

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Flan"nel, n. Etym: [F. flanelle, cf. OF. flaine a pillowcase, a mattress; fr. W. gwlanen flannel, fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to E. wool. Cf. Wool.]

Definition: A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. Shak. Adam's flannel. (Bot.) See under Adam.

– Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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