Definitions
a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
Word origin
From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool.
Used in a sentence
“With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.”
“There’s a communal memory of [Kurt] Cobain’s wearing flannel in this video, and that this image was the dawn of grunge fashion.”
“"The Witch of Endor was a fool to her, sir: bless you, she would make no more of raising every gentleman in the Bible out of these here beastly tombs than I should of growing cress on an old flannel."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Soft woolen fabric”7 letters
02“Soft woven fabric”7 letters
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