(~s)
1.
Linen is a kind of cloth that is made from a plant called flax. It is used for making clothes and things such as tablecloths and sheets.
...a white ~ suit.
...cottons, woolens, silks and ~s.
N-MASS
2.
Linen is tablecloths, sheets, pillowcases, and similar things made of cloth that are used in the home.
...embroidered bed ~...
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
3.
to wash your dirty ~ in public: see dirty