sailduck

English

Etymology

From sail +‎ duck (“canvas-like material, rag”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Saildouk, West Frisian seildoek, Dutch zeildoek, German Low German Seildook, German Segeltuch, Danish sejldug, Swedish segelduk, Icelandic segldúkur.

Noun

sailduck (countable and uncountable, plural sailducks)

1. Duck (a type of fabric) used as sailcloth.

   Hypernyms: cloth, fabric, textile, material (fabric sense) < material (matter sense), matter, stuff

   Near-synonyms: duckcloth, duck

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