Results for linen

Definitions of linen:

part of speech: adjective

Made of, or like, linen.

part of speech: adjective

Made of flax: resembling linen cloth.

part of speech: noun

A cloth made of fax; articles made of this cloth; underclothing.

part of speech: noun

A cloth made of flax; underclothing.

part of speech: adjective

Made of linen.

part of speech: noun

Cloth made of lint or flax: underclothing, particularly that made of linen.

Usage examples for linen:

• " No," he said, " for the last time I saw him he was under the sheets with one of my sarks on, and Bridget's best linen sheet tied in ribbons about his head." "The Dew of Their Youth", S. R. Crockett

• It was a small room, entirely dark, but said to be otherwise quite comfortable, which could be approached only through a linen closet. "Stories of New Jersey", Frank Richard Stockton

• The house linen was unhemmed. "A Book of Ghosts", Sabine Baring-Gould

• In that light she was the right woman in the right place- presiding over the shop- women in a linen draper's shop. "A Houseful of Girls", Sarah Tytler