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hopsack

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hop·sack·ing  (hpskng) also hop·sack (-sk)
n.
A loosely woven, coarse fabric of cotton or wool used in clothing.
[From its being used for bags by hop growers.]
hopsack [ˈhɒpˌsæk]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a roughly woven fabric of wool, cotton, etc., used for clothing
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Also called hopsacking a coarse fabric used for bags, etc., made generally of hemp or jute
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Noun1.hopsack - a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing
hopsacking
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
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Bred in Northumberland by Capt R B Webster, Glingerbank was by Mutton Cutlet's sire Jamie out of a daughter of the Waterloo Cup runner-up Hopsack, and boasted three Waterloo Cup winners - Long Span, Hoprend and Heavy Weapon - as great-grandsires.
Scottish Derby first for Glingerbank by The Racing Post (London, England)
Both new chairs are upholstered in organic hopsack, a green fabric.
Green report: set a tropical tone with plantation-grown products by Tisch, Carol / Sarasota Magazine
The Cambridge chair with fixed cover in hopsack lichen is pounds 725
interiors by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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