lint
noun
[ lɪnt ]
• short, fine fibres which separate from the surface of cloth or yarn during processing.
• "some fabrics leave tiny specks of lint on the glass"
• a fabric, originally of linen, with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds.
• "he smeared ointment on a strip of lint"
Origin:
late Middle English lynnet ‘flax prepared for spinning’, perhaps from Old French linette ‘linseed’, from lin ‘flax’.
