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sailcloth

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sail·cloth  (slklôth, -klth)
n.
1. A heavy cotton canvas or strong synthetic fabric used for making sails or tents.
2. A lightweight cotton canvas used especially for clothing and upholstery.
sailcloth
Noun
1. the fabric used for making sails
2. a canvas-like cloth used for clothing
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Noun1.sailcloth - a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents
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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Some were living in tents of sailcloth, some in shanties rudely constructed of boards, some in huts of stone or turf with curious windows and doors of basket-work.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
She mounted again beside her lover, with a mute obedience characteristic of impassioned natures at times, and when they had wrapped themselves up over head and ears in the sailcloth again, they plunged back into the now thick night.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Seven feet higher he constructed a similar, though lighter platform to serve as roof, and from the sides of this he suspended the balance of his sailcloth for walls.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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