flannelette

English

Etymology

flannel +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

flannelette (countable and uncountable, plural flannelettes)

1. A type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding.
   • 1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood, page 6:

     I am a draper mad with love. I love you more than all the flannelette and calico, candlewick, dimity, crash and merino, tussore, cretonne, crepon, muslin, poplin, ticking and twill in the whole Cloth Hall of the world.

2. Something made from this fabric.

   Our flannelettes provide an extra layer between the underquilt and sheets.

Derived terms

• flannie
• flanno