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sailcloth

sailcloth noun: a strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.

Noun

sailcloth (usually uncountable, plural sailcloths)

  1. (usually) A strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.
    • Near-synonyms: sailduck, canvas, duckcloth

Synonyms of sailcloth

Forms of sailcloth

pluralsailcloths

Origin of sailcloth

From Middle English seylecloth, saylclath, seil-cloþ, seil-clæð, from Old English *seġlclāþ, equivalent to sail + cloth. Cognate with West Frisian seilkleed, Dutch zeilkleed, Middle Low German sēgelklêt, sēgelkleit, seilklêt, seilkleit, German Segelkleid.

Questions about sailcloth

What does sailcloth mean?
Sailcloth means a strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.
What part of speech is sailcloth?
Sailcloth is a noun.
What is the plural of sailcloth?
The plural of sailcloth is sailcloths.

Words near sailcloth in the dictionary

  1. sailboaters
  2. sailboating
  3. sailboats
  4. sailby
  5. sailbys
  6. sailcloth
  7. sailcloths
  8. sailcraft
  9. sailcrafts
  10. sailduck
  11. sailducks

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