linen

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Thread made from fibers of the flax plant.
2. n. Cloth woven from this thread.
3. n. Articles or garments made from linen or a similar cloth, such as cotton; bed sheets and tablecloths.
4. n. Paper made from flax fibers or having a linenlike luster.
5. adj. Made of flax or linen.
6. adj. Resembling linen.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Made of the fibers of flax: as, linen thread; linen cloth.
2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
3. n. A fabric of linen yarn or thread; cloth woven from the fibers of flax; in the plural, linen cloth in general; manufactures of flax-fiber: as, Irish linens. The principal fabrics included in the term linens are lawn, cambric, batiste, damask, diaper, and glass-cloth, besides the heavy qualities known as toweling, shirting, sheeting, etc.
4. n. Collectively, articles of linen fabric, or by extension (in modern use) of linen and cotton, or of cotton alone for household use, as tablecloths, napkins, etc. (table-linen), sheets and pillow-cases (bed-linen), towels, etc., or for underwear (body-linen), etc.
5. n. Linen thread.
6. n. Cloth made of hemp.
7. n. plural Sails.

Wiktionary

1. n. Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
2. n. Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, under clothes, etc, that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
3. n. A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Made of linen
2. adj. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
3. n. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
4. n. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
2. n. white goods or clothing made with linen cloth
3. n. a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish