Linen /(lĭn"ĕn)/

Lin·en

Linen

a.
  1. Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
  2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

Linen

n.
  1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens
  2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

Phrases & Compounds
Linen draper
a dealer in linen.
Linen prover
a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll
an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.