flannelling

Variant of flannel

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

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

transitive verb flanneled or flannelled, flanneling or flannelling

to wrap or clothe in flannel

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