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Wadmol vs. Wadmal — What's the Difference?

Wadmol vs. Wadmal — What's the Difference?

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Wadmol

A rough woolen fabric once used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain to make warm or protective clothing

Wadmal

Wadmal (Old Norse: vaðmál; Norwegian: vadmål, "cloth measure") is a coarse, dense, usually undyed wool fabric woven in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greenland, and the Orkney, Faroe and Shetland Islands from the Middle Ages into the 18th century. Wadmal was woven on the warp-weighted loom used throughout these areas of Norwegian influence, and was usually a 2/2 twill weave, although some medieval sources outside Iceland describe wadmal as tabby or plain-woven.

Wadmol

A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes.

Wadmal

Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly used in winter clothing for the poor.

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