Linen /(lĭn"ĕn)/
Lin·en
Linen
a.
- Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
- Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Linen
n.
- Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens
- Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
Phrases & Compounds
- Linen draper
- a dealer in linen.
- Linen prover
- a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.
- Linen scroll
- an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.