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sailcloth|ˈseɪlklɒθ, -ɔːθ|
[f. sail n.1 + cloth n.]
†1. A piece of cloth forming or designed to form part of a sail of a vessel or a windmill. Obs.
c1205Lay. 4549 Sulkene wes þat seil-clæð. 1351–2Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 553 Et in Saylclathis empt. pro molend. de Fery, 5s. 1455–6Ibid. 191 In reparacionibus factis circa molend. ventriticum de Hemingb. viz. in newe sayl clas, 14s. 7d. 1562W. Bullein Bk. Simples (1579) 27 The sayle clothes, the shroudes,..can not be made without it [Hempe]. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 163 Whatsoeuer sale-clothes are..to bee transported out of England into Prussia by the English marchants..whether they be whole cloathes or halfe cloathes, they must containe both their endes. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 599/1 Sometimes the sails [of a windmill] consisted of a sail-cloth spread on a framework.
2. a. Canvas or other textile material such as is used for sails.
1615Thomas Lat. Dict., Lintearius,..a maker of sale cloathes and other necessaries of linnen. 1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen (Arb.) 790 The Boteswaine is to haue the charge of all the Cordage,..sailes,..saile-cloth [etc.]. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 118 Sail-Cloath, Cables, and all other sorts of Cordage. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iii. xxv. 108 Sail-cloth he made of cotton.
attrib.1806Gazetteer Scotl. (ed. 2) 3 The sail-cloth manufacture produced nearly as much. 1812Examiner 31 Aug. 553/2 Sail-cloth-manufacturer. 1899Atlantic Monthly Aug. 197/1 There I hung up my sailcloth cap.
b. A piece of this material used as a covering.
1778W. H. Marshall Minutes Agric. 27 July an. 1774, The Sail-cloth saved the flat stack suprisingly. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 411 Protected from the sun by sail-cloths, hung across from the opposite houses. 1804Anna Seward's Lett. (1811) VI. 203 The shelving roof is also painted green, the floor a mosaic sale-cloth.
3. A similar material used for ladies' dresses, other garments, upholstery, etc.
1873Young Englishwoman Jan. 39/1 This hunting pouch consists of a back, front, and flap of grey sailcloth, lined with dark green American cloth. 1881C. G. Harrison Woman's Handiwork i. 48 Among other washing fabrics used in art needlework are crash.., twilled cotton, duck, sail-cloth, [etc.]. 1902Daily Chron. 24 May 3/3 Optimists are ordering linen dresses now, and sail cloth is in request, a coarse flax fabric that is serviceable and smart. 1962R. P. Giles Fabrics for Needlework iv. 79 Sail-cloth. A very strong, firm, canvas-type fabric made in different weights... Not originally intended for a clothing fabric but nowadays the lighter weights are used for jeans, sportswear, and even summer dresses and skirts. 1979Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Parade Suppl.) 14/1 (Advt.), Comfortable, carefree sailcloth casuals that go their fun-loving way on soft and springy crepe soles. |