LINENS

Noun

linens

plural of linen

Noun

linens pl (plural only)

Household textiles made of linen-like cloth (such as cotton fabric), including tablecloths and bed sheets. The singular, linen, of this sense is rare.

Undergarments, underwear.

Anagrams

• Nelsin

Proper noun

Linens

plural of Linen

Anagrams

• Nelsin

Source: Wiktionary


LINEN

Lin"en, a. Etym: [OE., fr. lin linen. See Linen, n.

1.]

Definition: Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.

2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

Lin"en, n. Etym: [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin. flax, AS. lin flax, whence linen made of flax; akin to OS., Icel., & MHG. lin flax and linen, G. lein, leinen, linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen, Gr. Line, Linseed.]

1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc. "In linen white as milk." Robert of Brunne.

2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen. Linen draper, a dealer in linen.

– Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.

– Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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