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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLAN'NEL, n. [L. lana.]
A soft nappy woolen cloth of loose texture.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
2: bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body [syn: washcloth, washrag, flannel, face cloth]
3: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth [syn: flannel, gabardine, tweed, white]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garment Date: 1503 1. a. a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface b. a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel c. a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side 2. plural a. flannel underwear b. outer garments of flannel; especially men's trousers 3. British washcloth 4. British flattering or evasive talk; also nonsense, rubbish • flannel adjective • flannelly adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a kind of woven woollen fabric, usu. without a nap. b (in pl.) flannel garments, esp. trousers. 2 Brit. a small usu. towelling cloth, used for washing oneself. 3 Brit. sl. nonsense; flattery. --v. (flannelled, flannelling; US flanneled, flanneling) 1 Brit. sl. a tr. flatter. b intr. use flattery. 2 tr. wash or clean with a flannel. Phrases and idioms: flannel-mouth US sl. a flatterer; a braggart. Derivatives: flannelly adj. Etymology: perh. f. Welsh gwlanen f. gwlan wool

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flannel Flan"nel (fl[a^]n"n[e^]l), n. [F. flanelle, cf. OF. flaine a pillowcase, a mattress (?); fr. W. gwlanen flannel, fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to E. wool. Cf. Wool.] A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. --Shak. Adam's flannel. (Bot.) See under Adam. Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(flannels) 1. Flannel is a soft cloth, usually made of cotton or wool, that is used for making clothes. He wore a faded red flannel shirt. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n 2. A flannel is a small cloth that you use for washing yourself. (BRIT; in AM, use washcloth) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

ballocks, blarney, bull, bullshit, bushwa, cock, crap, eyewash, flatter, flattery, hedge, hogwash, humbug, mislead, nonsense, prevarication, rubbish, shit, soft soap, soft-soap, sweet talk, sweet-talk, waffle, weasel words