noun
- a coarse woolen fabric formerly used for clothing, especially in Scandinavia and Iceland
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- The medieval peasants wore garments made of wadmal during the harsh winters.
- Icelandic settlers brought wadmal cloth with them to the New World.
- The museum displayed examples of traditional wadmal weaving techniques.
- Wadmal was an important trade commodity in medieval Northern Europe.
- The thick wadmal cloak provided protection against the bitter cold.
- Archaeological finds include fragments of ancient wadmal textiles.