wadmal

wadmal
/wod"meuhl/, n.
a bulky woolen fabric woven of coarse yarn and heavily napped, formerly much used in England and Scandinavia for the manufacture of durable winter garments.
Also, wadmaal, wadmel, wadmol, wadmoll.
[1350-1400; ME < ON vathmal, equiv. to vath cloth (c. OE waed; see WEED2) + mal measure (see PIECEMEAL)]

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