wadmal

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noun

Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

OriginMiddle English wadmal ← Old Norse váðmál →
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Meanings

nounwadmal (countable and uncountable, plural wadmals)

plural wadmals · alternative wadmaal · alternative wadmeal · alternative wadmel · alternative wadmell · alternative wadmol · alternative wadmoll

  1. countableuncountableThick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

Origin

  1. Old Norseváðmál“woolen stuff”
  2. Middle Englishwadmal
  3. Englishwadmal

From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.

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Translations

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