hopsackn.
/ˈhɒpsak/, U.S. /ˈhɑpˌsæk/ 1. A sack in which hops are packed.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > sack > for other specific contents
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1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 72 Item, making of the hopsakes iiij.d.
1612 S. Rowlands More Knaues Yet A iv Great large abhominable breech Like Brewers Hop~sackes.
1753 School of Man 28 Vice may be said to get admittance to us habited in velvet, but comes from us in a Hopsack.
1869 Punch 10 July 10/2 He would come in a hop-sack, with a cabbage-leaf on his head.
2. = hop-sacking n. b. Also attributive, and in form hopsac.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough > with rough surface
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1892 Daily News 15 Oct. 7/1 Every variety of surface is supplied..from the sheeny ‘faced cloth’ to the rough ‘hop~sack’.
1893 Daily News 28 Mar. 2/3 ‘Horse-cloth’, ‘hopsack’, and other similar kinds of material, which are only coarse in appearance, being really made of the finest wool.
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 831 Ascot Scarfs..made from..Hopsack shot silk.
1923 Daily Mail 5 July 1 Hopsac suiting,..in pretty Heather Mixture grounds.
1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 11/5 Hopsack Tweed.
1968 Surfer Jan. 27/1 Can you tell me the approximate weight of a piece of hopsack cloth secured with resin to the front third of my board?
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