† homplen.
Obsolete.
? Some kind of linen fabric.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > other
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crest-clothc1430
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c1450 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 27 Loke well your lawne, your homple, and your lake..Ye washe cleyn.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Hompel, a kind of jacket. North.]
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