Definitions for: Linen


[n] white goods or clothing made with linen cloth
[n] a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
[n] a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish



Webster (1913) Definition: Lin"en (l[i^]n"[e^]n), a. [OE., fr. lin linen. See
Linen, n.]
1. Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.

2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.


Lin"en, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS. l[=i]n
flax, whence l[=i]nen made of flax; akin to OS., Icel., &
MHG. l[=i]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen, linen, Sw. lin
flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen, Gr. li`non. Cf.
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.

Synonyms: linen paper

See Also: bath linen, bed linen, cloth, doily, doyley, doyly, fabric, flax, household linen, material, napery, paper, table linen, textile, white goods

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