Home › Words › B › baininbainin/ˈbɑːniːn/bainin means undyed white homespun woolen yarn or cloth.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bainin ranks #7,707 of 42,747 for Qualifying.bainin is pronounced /ˈbɑːniːn/.EtymologyBorrowed from Irish báinín, from bán (“white”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).nounUndyed white homespun woolen yarn or cloth.The creamy white colour of such yarn or cloth.A jacket made of such cloth.e.g.“It was an instinctive gesture that made him reach then for the bainin of Uncle James. […] The soused white bainin with Uncle James came up beside him.” — 2014, Walter Macken, Rain on the Wind:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bawneen 73% match — Woven wool or flannel; especially undyed, unbleached wool. vs bainin →homespun 63% match — Spun in the home. vs bainin →corah 58% match — plain, undyed vs bainin →balbriggan 57% match — An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear. vs bainin →blancard 56% match — A kind of linen cloth formerly made in Normandy, the thread of which was partly blanched before it was woven. vs bainin →debeige 56% match — A kind of woollen or mixed-fabric (e.g. wool and cotton) cloth. vs bainin →undyed 55% match — Not dyed; in its natural colour. vs bainin →domet 54% match — A kind of plain cloth with cotton warp and woolen weft. vs bainin →