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Definition of: linen
(lin′in) noun
1. A fabric woven from the fibers of flax.
2. Articles made of linen, or made formerly of linen but now often of cotton: bed linen, table linen, body linen.
—adjective Made of the textile fiber of flax: linen cloth. [OE līnen made of flax <līn flax]
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