osnaburg

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8

Definition of osnaburg

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)A plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.
    “[I]f he attended those solemn meetings at which the price of freight or the quality of Osnaburghs was discussed, he turned the venerable persons of the old merchants and grocers into ridicule […].”
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noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)A plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.
    “[I]f he attended those solemn meetings at which the price of freight or the quality of Osnaburghs was discussed, he turned the venerable persons of the old merchants and grocers into ridicule […].”

adj

  1. (US)Designating or made from this fabric.
    “So that winter morning, I put on my osnaburg shirt and pants.”

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Etymology

From Osnaburg, the former English name of the German city of Osnabrück (from which it may have been first imported into English-speaking countries).

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