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Alternative spellings
wadmaal
wadmeal
wadmoll
wadmel

Etymology
Scandinavian; compare Icelandic for a woollen stuff, Danish vadmel, Old Norse vaðmál cloth measure. Compare wad a small mass, and woodmeil

Noun
wadmal (plural: wadmals)

1. Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly used in winter clothing for the poor.

• 2005-09-25 06:34 - Connel MacKenzie - +format

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