单词 | sailcloth |
释义 | sailclothn.ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for ships' sails > piece of sailclothc1275 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > material of sails > piece of cloth forming part of sail sailclothc1275 cloth1674 headcloth1847 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2270 Sulkene wes þat seil-clæð [c1300 Otho seil-cloþ]. 1351–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 553 Et in Saylclathis empt. pro molend. de Fery, 5s. 1455–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 191 In reparacionibus factis circa molend. ventriticum de Hemingb. viz. in newe sayl clas, 14s. 7d. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 28, in Bulwarke of Defence Ye sayle clothes, the shroudes,..can not be made without [Hempe]. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Agreement Henry IV in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 163 Whatsoeuer sale-clothes are..to bee transported out of England into Prussia by the English marchants..whether they be whole cloathes or halfe cloathes, they must containe both their endes. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 599/1 Sometimes the sails [of a windmill] consisted of a sail-cloth spread on a framework. 2. a. Canvas or other textile material such as is used for sails. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for ships' sails polaine1582 olderon1611 sailcloth1615 1615 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 10) Lintearius,..a maker of sale cloathes and other necessaries of linnen. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 3 The Boteswaine is to haue the charge of all the Cordage..sailes..saile-cloth. 1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 118 Sail-Cloath, Cables, and all other sorts of Cordage. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxv. 162 Sail-cloth he made of cotton. 1771 J. Johnson Let. 2 Dec. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 19 I have the sail cloth from Lichfield. b. A piece of this material used as a covering. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > cloth or textile > others spec. sendala1225 canvasc1386 sailcloth1774 veil1781 korowai1820 1774 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 27 July (1778) The Sail-cloth saved the flat stack suprisingly. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 411 Protected from the sun by sail-cloths, hung across from the opposite houses. 1804 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 203 The shelving roof is also painted green, the floor a mosaic sale-cloth. 3. A similar material used for ladies' dresses, other garments, upholstery, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > other carde1410 bench1552 screen cloth1603 napkining1604 serveting1611 morellaa1666 beaufort1712 sheveret1716 press cloth1745 bandaging1819 wicking1847 tilting1862 sailcloth1873 tenting1887 dustering1910 Milium1950 underwire1973 1873 Young Englishwoman Jan. 39/1 This hunting pouch consists of a back, front, and flap of grey sailcloth, lined with dark green American cloth. 1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 48 Among other washing fabrics used in art needlework are crash.., twilled cotton, duck, sail-cloth, [etc.]. 1902 Daily Chron. 24 May 3/3 Optimists are ordering linen dresses now, and sail cloth is in request, a coarse flax fabric that is serviceable and smart. 1962 R. P. Giles Fabrics for Needlework iv. 79 Sail-cloth. A very strong, firm, canvas-type fabric made in different weights... Not originally intended for a clothing fabric but nowadays the lighter weights are used for jeans, sportswear, and even summer dresses and skirts. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Parade Suppl.) 14/1 (advt.) Comfortable, carefree sailcloth casuals that go their fun-loving way on soft and springy crepe soles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1275 |
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