■ noun
1》 short, fine fibres which separate from cloth or yarn during processing.
↘ Scottish flax fibres prepared for spinning.
↘the fibrous material of a cotton boll.
2》 a fabric with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds.
Derivatives
~y adjective
Origin
ME lynnet 'flax prepared for spinning', perh. from OFr. linette 'linseed', from lin 'flax'.