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flannel definition

flan·nel (flan′əl)

noun

  1. a soft, lightweight, loosely woven woolen cloth with a slightly napped surface
  2. cotton flannel
    1. trousers, etc. made of light flannel
    2. heavy woolen underwear

Etymology: ME, akin to or < flanen < Welsh gwlanen < gwlan, wool < IE base *wel-, hair, wool

transitive verb flanneled -·neled or flannelled -·nelled, flanneling -·nel·ing or flannelling -·nel·ling

to wrap or clothe in flannel

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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