Meaning

noun a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant

noun a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

noun white goods or clothing made with linen cloth

originFrom Middle English lynnen, lynen, from Old English līnen (“linen", "made of flax”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnīn (“made of flax”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), equivalent to line + -en. Cognate with Latin līnum (“flax”) and thus also Linum. More at line.

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