/wod"meuhl/ , n.
a bulky woolen fabric woven of coarse yarn and heavily napped, formerly much used in England and Scandinavia for the manufacture of durable winter garments.
Also, wadmaal, wadmel, wadmol, wadmoll .
[ 1350-1400; ME vathmal, equiv. to vath cloth (c. OE waed; see WEED 2 ) + mal measure (see PIECEMEAL) ]