late 14c., "flax prepared for spinning," also "refuse of flax used as kindling," somehow from the source of Old English lin "flax" (see linen), perhaps from or by influence of Middle French linette "grain of flax," diminutive of lin "flax," from Latin linum "flax, linen;" Klein suggests from Latin linteum "linen cloth," neuter of adjective linteus. Later "flax refuse used as tinder or for dressing wounds" (c. 1400). Still used for "flax" in Scotland in Burns' time. Applied in American English to stray cotton fluff.
例文
1. Flicked the lint off the coat.
コートの綿毛を弾き落とす。
2.Fortunately，many of these problems can be mitigated with a good lint program.
はまだしも、これらの問題の多くは良好な lint プログラムで緩和できる。
3.There are a few problems of air pollation by chemicals， lint ，etc.，but these are minor.
化学品、綿などもいくつかの空気汚染問題をもたらしているが、これは副次的なものである。
4.All through the mill they got this cotton dust and lint that fills up the air.
彼らは工場の建物の中の綿塵、綿をあちこち飛ばせた。
5.Excessive lint accumulation at the sides of under casing.