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molleton

molleton noun: a kind of thick woollen material, once important in the Canada trade.

Noun

molleton (countable and uncountable, plural molletons)

  1. (historical) A kind of thick woollen material, once important in the Canada trade.

Forms of molleton

pluralmolletons

Origin of molleton

French molleton, from molle + -et (“diminutive”) + -on (“diminutive”), from Latin mollis (“soft”).

Questions about molleton

What does molleton mean?
Molleton means a kind of thick woollen material, once important in the Canada trade.
What part of speech is molleton?
Molleton is a noun.
What is the plural of molleton?
The plural of molleton is molletons.

Words near molleton in the dictionary

  1. Mollers
  2. MOLLEs
  3. mollescence
  4. mollescent
  5. Mollet
  6. molleton
  7. molletons
  8. Mollets
  9. Mollett
  10. mollic
  11. Mollica

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