wadmal

Meaning

Noun

  • Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly used in winter clothing for the poor.

Origin

  • From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál, from váð + mál. Cognate to Danish vadmel, Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad and woodmeil.

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