— lintless , adj.
/lint/ , n.
1. minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
2. staple cotton fiber used to make yarn.
3. cotton waste produced by the ginning process.
4. a soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth.
[ 1325-75; ME, var. of linnet; cf. MF linette linseed, OE linet- flax (or flax-field) in linetwige LINTWHITE ]