Linen
a cloth made from flax
Burlap
a coarse piece of material which was generally not used for clothing
Patois
dialect
Creole
a biracial person
Unleavened
a bread which does not contain yeast
Shackled
to be tied to something by a metal
Mutation
a structural change
Slash
to cut and to cause a deep laceration
Knotted
in this context, something which cannot be clearly understood