flannelgraph
English
noun
Definitions
- A board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.
Etymology
Suffix from English flannel.
Origin
English
flannel
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flannel English
- flannelboard English
- flanneled English
- flannelette English
- flannelled English
- flannellike English
- flannelly English
- flannelmouth English
- flanno English
- flanelle French
- flaunneol Middle English
- flannel Danish
- फलालैन Hindi
- 法蘭絨 Chinese
- fulana Swahili
- فلينة Hijazi Arabic
- فنيلة Hijazi Arabic