sea-cloth

A sea-cloth was set, a sail with ropes, firm to the mast; the flood-timbers moaned; 74 nor did wind over billows that wave-swimmer blow across from her course.

Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

A sea-cloth was set, a sail with ropes, firm to the mast; the flood-timbers moaned; 74 nor did wind over billows that wave-swimmer blow across from her course.

Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

A sea-cloth was set, a sail with ropes, firm to the mast; the flood-timbers moaned; 74 nor did wind over billows that wave-swimmer blow across from her course.

Beowulf 2003

His clothes were of the very finest sea-cloth, and well cut.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

For a pound, Bogue fitted him up with an old suit of his own -- coat and waistcoat of blue sea-cloth, not much the worse for wear, duck trousers, a tarpaulin hat, and a flannel shirt marked

Poison Island Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

He wore a suit of good sea-cloth -- soiled, indeed, but neither ragged nor threadbare -- and a blue and yellow spotted neckerchief, the bow of which had worked around towards his right ear.

Poison Island Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

The Doctor interrupted his whiffing for a moment to reach forward and feel Nicky's knee professionally, outside the thick sea-cloth trousers.

Nicky-Nan, Reservist Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

The last load but one, I brought across a sailor-looking chap, a bustious, big fellow, with a round hat like a missionary's, and all the rest of him in sea-cloth.

Shining Ferry Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Sunday suit of threadbare sea-cloth, he found the Penhaligon children seated at the board, already plying their spoons in bowls of bread-and-milk.

Nicky-Nan, Reservist Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

The corpse's feet pointed towards the path, and I recognized the shoes, as also the sea-cloth trousers, before Mr. Rogers -- cursing in his hurry rather than at the pain of his lacerated hands -- tore the brambles aside and revealed its face -- the face of Captain Coffin, blue-cold in death and staring up from its pillow of rotted leaves.

Poison Island Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903