[lin-uh
n] 
| 1. | fabric woven from flax yarns. |
| 2. | Often, linens. bedding, tablecloths, shirts, etc., made of linen cloth or a more common substitute, as cotton. |
| 3. | yarn made of flax fiber. |
| 4. | thread made of flax yarns. |
| 5. | made of linen: a linen jacket. |
| 6. | wash one's dirty linen in public, to discuss in public one's private scandals, disagreements, or difficulties. |
| lin·en (lĭn'ən) n.
[Middle English, from Old English līnen, made of flax, from Germanic *līnin-, from *līnam, flax, probably from Latin līnum; see l  no- in Indo-European roots.] |