OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7200

linen

/ˈlɪnɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
linge • lino
Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeli…
ropa blanca
Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim coul…
She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.
linocros
A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
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