Definition of "household linen" []

• Drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Fruit-trees grew against the walls, and beyond the groves and flower beds and winding gravel paths was an orchard, with apricot -, pear -, and apple-trees, and the clear little river Odel, with its washing-stones, where the laundry-maids beat the household linen in the cold, running water."