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osnaburg

osnaburg noun: a plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.

Noun

osnaburg (countable and uncountable, plural osnaburgs)

  1. (US) A plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.
    • [I]f he attended those solemn meetings at which the price of freight or the quality of Osnaburghs was discussed, he turned the venerable persons of the old merchants and grocers into ridicule […].1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 258

Adjective

osnaburg (comparative more osnaburg, superlative most osnaburg)

  1. (US) Designating or made from this fabric.
    • So that winter morning, I put on my osnaburg shirt and pants.2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), pages 11–12

Forms of osnaburg

Noun
pluralosnaburgs
Adjective
comparativemore osnaburg
superlativemost osnaburg

Origin of osnaburg

From Osnaburg, the former English name of the German city of Osnabrück (from which it may have been first imported into English-speaking countries).

Questions about osnaburg

What does osnaburg mean?
Osnaburg means a plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.
What part of speech is osnaburg?
Osnaburg can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of osnaburg?
The plural of osnaburg is osnaburgs.

Words near osnaburg in the dictionary

  1. osmylation
  2. osmylations
  3. osmylid
  4. osmylids
  5. Osnabrück
  6. osnaburg
  7. osnaburgs
  8. Osnat
  9. Osney
  10. OSNI
  11. oso

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