单词 | hickory cloth |
释义 | > as lemmashickory cloth hickory cloth n. U.S. (now historical) a hard-wearing cotton twill, typically having a narrow blue stripe and used to make shirts for manual work. ΚΠ 1845 Milwaukie (Wisconsin Territory) Daily Sentinel 8 Sept. (advt.) Shirtings and Hickory Cloth sold very low by the piece or bale. 1857 Jrnl. Disc. 4 205 Get some good hickory cloth, or some buckskins, and let the sisters make dresses and garments that cannot be easily torn. 2006 M. Hampshire & K. Stephenson Communicating with Pattern: Stripes 70 Hickory cloth was also used for uniforms in the American Civil war. < as lemmas |
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