molleton

M3O1L1L1E1T1O1N1

noun

A kind of thick woollen material, once important in the Canada trade.

OriginFrench molleton ← Latin mollis →
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Meanings

nounmolleton (countable and uncountable, plural molletons)

plural molletons

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableA kind of thick woollen material, once important in the Canada trade.

Origin

  1. Latinmollis“soft”
  2. Frenchmolleton
  3. Englishmolleton

French molleton, from molle + -et (“diminutive”) + -on (“diminutive”), from Latin mollis (“soft”).

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Anagrams

Montello
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APA

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MLA

“molleton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molleton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “molleton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molleton.

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