The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and Corchorus capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.
Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; - used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens
Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.