wadmal

English

Alternative forms

• wadmaal
• wadmeal
• wadmel
• wadmol
• wadmoll

Etymology

Scandinavian; compare Icelandic for a woollen stuff, Danish vadmel, Old Norse vaðmál cloth measure. Compare wad a small mass, and woodmeil

Noun

wadmal (plural wadmals)

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