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)

1. 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) (aṙagastalatʻ), պարուսին (hy) (parusin)
• Bulgarian: брезент (bg) 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)
• Ukrainian: парусина f (parusyna)
• Welsh: lliain hwyliau m

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