cotton flannel

Origin of cotton flannel

First recorded in 1835–45

She came back, bringing some two or three pairs of cotton-flannel drawers.

A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. |Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
She wuz half bent, which made her cotton-flannel infirmity harder to witness.

Samantha at the World's Fair |Marietta Holley
Shivering like the ague between his cotton-flannel blankets, Stanton's courage fairly raced the mercury in its downward course.

Molly Make-Believe |Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
The floor should then be dusted with a broom, over which has been tied the cotton-flannel bag made for the purpose.

Guide to Hotel Housekeeping |Mary E. Palmer

For dinner the table is first spread with a cotton-flannel or felt undercloth.

The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping |Elizabeth Hale Gilman

cotton flannel

a plain-weave or twill-weave fabric with nap on one side only Also called: Canton flannel