wadmal

n. (旧时不列颠诸岛和北欧乡下人穿的) 瓦德麦尔呢

词形变化

wadmals 复数 wadmals

别名

woodmeil wadmaal wadmeal wadmel wadmell wadmol wadmoll

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

    可数 不可数

词源

From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.

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