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SAILCLOTH

Dictionary entry overview: What does sailcloth mean?

• SAILCLOTH (noun)
The noun SAILCLOTH has 1 sense:

1. a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents

Familiarity information: SAILCLOTH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SAILCLOTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sailcloth" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

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