English Explanatory Dictionary

shatnez

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cloth containing both wool and linen (linsey-woolsey), which Jewish law prohibits wearing.

Word forms

shatnez shaatnez

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שַׁעַטְנֵז (shatnéz), of obscure further origin.

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