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Definition of: flannel
(flan′əl) noun
1. A loosely–woven fabric of cotton, or of cotton and wool, with soft, naplike surface.
2. Plain cloth in the first stage of manufacture.
3. plural Clothing made of flannel.
—v.t. ·neled or ·nelled, ·nel·ing or ·nel·ling To wrap in or rub with flannel. [Prob. <Welsh gwlanen flannel <gwlan wool]
—flan′nel·ly adjective
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