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Definition flannel

Etymology

From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wl?nos, *wlan? (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h?w??h?neh?. More at wool.

Noun

flannel (countable and uncountable, plural flannels)

1. (uncountable) A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
2. (New Zealand, Britain, countable) A washcloth.
3. (US, countable) A flannel shirt.
4. (slang) Soothing plausible untruth and half truth, claptrap - "Don't talk flannel" [2][3][4]

Adjective

flannel (not comparable)

1. made of flannel

Verb

flannel (third-person singular simple present flannels, present participle flanneling or flannelling, simple past and past participle flanneled or flannelled)

1. (transitive) To rub with a flannel.
2. (transitive) To wrap in flannel.
3. (transitive) To flatter; to suck up to.

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