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sailduck

sailduck noun: duck (a type of fabric) used as sailcloth.

Noun

sailduck (countable and uncountable, plural sailducks)

  1. Duck (a type of fabric) used as sailcloth.
    • Near-synonyms: duckcloth, duck
    Synonyms:
    duckcloth, duck

Synonyms of sailduck

Forms of sailduck

pluralsailducks

Origin of sailduck

From sail + duck (“canvas-like material, rag”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Saildouk, West Frisian seildoek, Dutch zeildoek, German Low German Seildook, German Segeltuch, Danish sejldug, Swedish segelduk, Icelandic segldúkur.

Questions about sailduck

What does sailduck mean?
Sailduck means duck (a type of fabric) used as sailcloth.
What part of speech is sailduck?
Sailduck is a noun.
What is the plural of sailduck?
The plural of sailduck is sailducks.

Words near sailduck in the dictionary

  1. sailbys
  2. sailcloth
  3. sailcloths
  4. sailcraft
  5. sailcrafts
  6. sailduck
  7. sailducks
  8. saile
  9. sailed
  10. sailed close to the wind
  11. sailed the Red Sea

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