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wadmal

wadmal noun: thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

Noun

wadmal (countable and uncountable, plural wadmals)

  1. Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

Forms of wadmal

pluralwadmals
alternative formwadmaal
alternative formwadmeal
alternative formwadmel
alternative formwadmell
alternative formwadmol
alternative formwadmoll

Origin of wadmal

From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.

Questions about wadmal

What does wadmal mean?
Wadmal means thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.
What part of speech is wadmal?
Wadmal is a noun.
What is the plural of wadmal?
The plural of wadmal is wadmals.

Words near wadmal in the dictionary

  1. wadlopen
  2. Wadlow
  3. Wadlows
  4. wadmaal
  5. wadmaals
  6. wadmal
  7. wadmals
  8. Wadman
  9. Wadmans
  10. wadmeal
  11. wadmel

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