duckcloth

English

Alternative forms

  • duck-cloth, duck cloth

Etymology

From duck +‎ cloth.

Noun

duckcloth (countable and uncountable, plural duckcloths)

  1. A light canvaslike material, made of untwilled linen or cotton fabric.
    Synonym: duck
    Hypernyms: cloth, fabric, textile, material (fabric sense) < material (matter sense), matter, stuff
    Coordinate terms: canvas, pilot cloth, waxed cotton, cotton wax, tarpaulin
    Near-synonym: sailduck
    • 1926, Allan Monkhouse, Electrical Insulating Materials, page 44:
      Canvas and duckcloths are the strongest form in which linen and cloth fabrics are available.
    • 1929, Journal of the Textile Institute, volume 20, page A-442:
      Canvas and duckcloth are used for the protection of the end windings of machines.
    • 2018, Richard S. Wheeler, The Canyon of Bones and North Star, page 336:
      He tugged behind him a mule laden with buffalo tongue and pemmican, cookware and blankets and robes, a duck-cloth sheet for shelter, and his fine Sharps rifle.
    • 2020, Christy Hubbard, C.C. Harrison, Sage Cane's House of Grace and Favor:
      Canvas and duckcloth were nailed over the doorways, but failed to keep out the dust and odors from the other rooms.

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