linen (linens plural )
1 n-mass Linen is a kind of cloth that is made from a plant called flax. It is used for making clothes and things such as tablecloths and sheets.
...a white linen suit., ...cottons, woolens, silks and linens.
2 n-uncount Linen is tablecloths, sheets, pillowcases, and similar things made of cloth that are used in the home.
also N in pl
...embroidered bed linen...
3 →
to wash your dirty linen in public →
dirty
bed linen , bed-linen
Bed linen is sheets and pillowcases. n-uncount
...crisp white cotton bed linen.