Linen produced from tow (the shorter flax fibers produced by the retting process), spun on small table wheels, then plied and twisted a second time with additional strands.

plural of linen hall

Synonym of cloth hall

(obsolete) Shirtless

Matters of an embarrassing or unsavoury nature that one would normally wish to keep private. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dirty, linen.

Alternative form of bedlinen

(textiles, historical) hemp linen fabric that was mass-produced in Russia in the 18th century

Linen of the highest quality, especially that suited for use on an altar. The use of other quality fabric is now more common.

High quality paper with a high linen (i.e., flax fiber) content.

A folding magnifying glass which, when unfolded, forms a frame for the lens at a pre-focussed distance. Commonly used in stamp collecting.