: a coarse rough woolen fabric formerly used in the British Isles and Scandinavia for protective coverings and warm clothing
First Known Use of wadmal
14th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for wadmal
Middle English wadmale, from Old Norse vathmāl, literally, standard cloth, from vāth cloth, clothing + māl measure; akin to Latin metiri to measure — more at weed, measure