sailcloth

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

sailcloth (usually uncountable, plural sailcloths)

A strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.
Synonym: sailduck

Usage notes

This term can be used even when the fabric is used for other purposes.

Translations

fabric

Armenian: առագաստալաթ (hy) (aṙagastalatʿ), պարուսին (hy) (parusin)
Bulgarian: брезент m (brezent)
Catalan: lona (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帆布 (zh) (fānbù)
Finnish: purjekangas (fi)
French: toile à voile (fr) f
German: Segeltuch (de) n
Hungarian: vitorlavászon (hu)
Irish: seoléadach m, anairt seoil f
Italian: olona f
Japanese: 帆布 (ja) (ほぬの, honuno)
Russian: паруси́на (ru) f (parusína)

Anagrams

lacoliths