sailcloth

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noun

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

“Near-synonyms: sailduck, canvas, duckcloth”

Similar
sailduckcanvasduckcloth
OriginMiddle English seylecloth ← Old English *seġlclāþ →
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Meanings

nounsailcloth (usually uncountable, plural sailcloths)

plural sailcloths

  1. uncountableusuallyA strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.

    Near-synonyms: sailduck, canvas, duckcloth

    Synonyms: sailduck, canvas, duckcloth

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.

Similar
sailduckcanvasduckcloth

Origin

  1. Old English*seġlclāþ
  2. Middle Englishseylecloth
  3. Englishsailcloth

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.

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Translations

Bulgarian брезе́нт
  • брезе́нт (brezént)fabric
Catalan lona
  • lonafabric
Chinese Mandarin 帆布
  • 帆布 (fānbù)fabric
Finnish purjekangas
  • purjekangasfabric
French toile à voile
  • toile à voilefabric
German Segeltuch
  • Segeltuchfabric
Hungarian vitorlavászon
  • vitorlavászonfabric
Irish seoléadach, anairt seoil
  • seoléadachfabric
  • anairt seoilfabric
Italian olona
  • olonafabric
Japanese 帆布
  • 帆布 (honuno)fabric
Norwegian seilduk
  • seildukfabric
Russian паруси́на
  • паруси́на (parusína)fabric
Ukrainian парусина
  • парусина (parusyna)fabric
Welsh lliain hwyliau
  • lliain hwyliaufabric
Cite this entry
APA

sailcloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailcloth

MLA

“sailcloth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailcloth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sailcloth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailcloth.

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