du lin (masc.)
a linen fabric: un tissu en lin
bed linen are called 'les draps' (properly 'the sheets') in French.
Linge
"le tissu de Nimes" known as the fabric "denim" in English, used to make jeans, draws its name from the southern French town of Nimes.
"lin" (masc.)un tissu de lin = a linen fabric
Cambric
Denim - from "de Nimes"
Linen, Plaid, (French) Coton! :-)
wash the linen it's the regular expression to say "do the laundry"
Poly linen is the mix of polyester and linen.
Translation: ...était basé sur la commerce de linge...
Linen is made from the fibers of flax plants.
bleach is 'la javel' (fem.) or ' l'eau de javel ' in French. The fabric or linen that do not accept bleach are market on their label with a symbol 'do not bleach', that the French read as 'ne pas javelliser' (verb) or 'pas de javel'. So unbleached linen would be 'du linge qui n'a pas été javellisé', but that's a bit clumsy as a sentence.