wadmalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.

名詞

wadmal (countable and uncountable, plural wadmals)

1. Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

別の表記

• wadmaal, wadmeal, wadmel, wadmell, wadmol, wadmoll

関連する語

• wad
• weed (“garment”)