Middle English Dictionary Entry
flānen n.
Entry Info
Forms | flānen n. |
Etymology | ?OF flaine coarse cloth of some kind, ticking; ?cp. Wel. gwlanen a woolen cloth (whence MnE flannel). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sackcloth.
Associated quotations
- a1400 CMSoul (Bod 923)263 : Such open other penaunce, as whan a man is enioigned openly to go in his schert, or naked body, or clothed with a flanyn and with a staff to diuers pilgrimages, or aboute his own chirche.