a material used for binding the edges of mats, etc.

Originally perhaps a sort of holland; now a coarse canvas made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer material used for curtains.

the cloth of which this is made.

A coarse material used chiefly for sacking and made from the fibres of jute or (in some parts) from sunn-hemp; a sack of this material.

Coarse hempen cloth. Cf. barras, n.1, and barras n.2 in Eng. Dial. Dict.

A strong coarse cloth, made of a mixture of hemp and jute, employed for the packing of bales (Dict. Needlework 1882).

The material of which hop-sacks are made, a coarse fabric composed of hemp and jute.