a bulky woolen fabric woven of coarse yarn and heavily napped,
formerly much used in England and Scandinavia for the
manufacture of durable winter garments. Also, wad·maal, wad·mel,
wad·mol, wad·moll. Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse
vathmāl, equivalent to vāth cloth (cognate with Old English wæd;
) + māl measure (see piecemeal