Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy cotton canvas or strong synthetic fabric used for making sails or tents.
- noun A lightweight cotton canvas used especially for clothing and upholstery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Hemp or cotton canvas or duck, used in making sails for ships, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Duck or canvas used in making sails.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A strong, durable
fabric suitable for makingsails for ships or boats.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since we cannot wash Towels, we have lined his Cot with sailcloth which is now Black with Blood.
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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We made little houses from reams of sailcloth and we took turns keeping the fire lest wild animals should want to desecrate the body.
flower boat Meg Sefton 2011
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Flaming sections bubbled and sizzled into the depths, and blazing sailcloth fluttered into the waves.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Their wings cut the air with the heavy slap of sailcloth snapping in the wind.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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Crew, this cover is handmade in San Francisco out of sailcloth and linen using traditional bookbinding methods and has a contrasting spine to emulate the look of a proper hardcover.
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Flaming sections bubbled and sizzled into the depths, and blazing sailcloth fluttered into the waves.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Her gnarled fingers plunged a needle in and out of a large piece of thick sailcloth.
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Their wings cut the air with the heavy slap of sailcloth snapping in the wind.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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In the plane, she saw the blue sailcloth tacked down over something beside her, but didn't have much curiosity about it.
Ann Beattie's 'The Rock': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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In the plane, she saw the blue sailcloth tacked down over something beside her, but didn't have much curiosity about it.
Ann Beattie's 'The Rock': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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