What is the Latin word for yarn?

The usual Latin words for “yarn” are linteum, lāneus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“yarn” in Latin

linteumlinen cloth; bedsheet; sail lāneuswoollen

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

yarn

linum netum (linen yarn; Ulp., Dig., 32, 3, 70, § 11): lana neta (woollen yarn, ib. § 2). A thread of linen yarn, filum lini or linteum: a thread of woollen yarn, filum lanae or laneum (both after Liv., 1, 32, and Plin., 36, 15, 22).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for yarn?: The usual Latin words for “yarn” are linteum, lāneus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.