Flannel meaning
A soft woven cloth of wool or a blend of wool and cotton or synthetics.
noun
Flannelette.
noun
A soft, lightweight, loosely woven woolen cloth with a slightly napped surface.
noun
Vague, indirect speech or writing, used as to avoid answering a question.
noun
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To wrap or clothe in flannel.
verb
Made of flannel.
adjective
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To rub with a flannel.
verb
Origin of flannel
- Middle English a kind of woolen cloth or garment perhaps variant of flanyn sackcloth probably from Old French flaine a kind of coarse wool
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (cf. Jersiais flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene 'coarse wool', from Gaulish vlanā ‘wool’ (cf. Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan). More at wool.
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