Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy cotton fabric treated with linseed oil and pigments to make it waterproof.
- noun A waterproof material made up of a layer of vinyl and a layer of cotton or a synthetic fabric.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Painted canvas designed for use as a floor-covering, etc. See
floor-cloth and linoleum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cloth rendered waterproof by treatment with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering tables, shelves, floors, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fabric orcloth treated on one side with awaterproof covering, especially one made fromlinseed oil etc.; used forflooring ,tablecloths , kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
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Examples
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But to McGowan the oilcloth was a major setback, and he felt like a hypocrite for running around with his little notebook jotting down what materials the village chief used while an American officer flouted the rules.
The Village Bing West 2000
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But to McGowan the oilcloth was a major setback, and he felt like a hypocrite for running around with his little notebook jotting down what materials the village chief used while an American officer flouted the rules.
The Village Bing West 2000
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But to McGowan the oilcloth was a major setback, and he felt like a hypocrite for running around with his little notebook jotting down what materials the village chief used while an American officer flouted the rules.
The Village Bing West 2000
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But to McGowan the oilcloth was a major setback, and he felt like a hypocrite for running around with his little notebook jotting down what materials the village chief used while an American officer flouted the rules.
The Village Bing West 2000
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The floor is covered with what is called oilcloth -- I wonder why: it certainly is not the least like cloth -- very new and excessively shiny.
The Land of Promise D. Torbett
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Then, the new oilcloth, which is actually a vinyl product, was born and oilcloth came back into vogue.
Blisstree 2009
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There was a favourite umbrella with wooden ribs, covered with a kind of oilcloth, red or yellow in colour, which was a cheap and useful article.
India and the Indians Edward Fenton Elwin
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_Table baize_ is a kind of oilcloth used as a cheap and easily-cleaned covering for tables.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Our "oilcloth" is printed vinyl bonded and supported with a woven cotton mesh.
An Island Life 2009
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You notice the kind of oilcloth they had on that upper entry, S'tira? "
The Minister's Charge William Dean Howells 1878
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