LINEN Meaning of LINEN in English ■ noun cloth woven from flax. ↘articles made, or originally made, of ~.OriginOE līnen (as adjective in the sense 'made of flax'), of W. Gmc origin; related to obs. line 'flax'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004