Another word for linen | Synonyms for linen

Another word for linen

linen Synonyms

linen

n.

cloth, material, flaxen fabric, sheeting, linen cloth. see also bedding, cloth, sheet 1, towel.

Types of linen include: damask, single damask, five-leaf damask, eight-leaf damask, linen duck, linen huckaback, linen crash, dowlas, osnaburg, low sheeting, low brown linen, plain bleached linen, twilled linen, linen drilling, diaper linen, cambric linen, lawn, toile, linsey-woolsey, handkerchief linen, printed linen, hand-blocked linen, dyed linen;

Articles called linens include: handkerchiefs, towels, bedding, sheets, pillowcases, comforters, bedspreads, blankets, quilts, underwear, shirts, dishtowels, tablecloths, napkins, doilies.

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There were linen napkins, two china plates and champagne flutes on top.
They support themselves by the rearing of cattle, tillage, glass-making and linen-weaving.
Gabe's step slowed as he neared the man dressed in a white shirt held closed by two buttons and cream linen pants rolled to his knees, as if he'd been walking in the ocean.
"A Frenchman or a Russian prince incognito," said the officer, looking at Pierre's fine though dirty linen and at the ring on his finger.
Meanwhile Agrippa gave the Levites the right to wear the linen robe of the priests and sanctioned the use of the temple treasure to provide work - the paving of the city with white stones - for the workmen who had finished the Temple (64) and now stood idle.

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