a type of coarse, heavy cloth, originally of linen and now of cotton, used in making sacks, work clothes, etc.
Origin of osnaburg
altered after Osnabrück, where origin, originally madeosnaburg
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osnaburg
noun
A heavy, coarse cotton fabric, used for grain sacks, upholstery, and draperies.
Origin of osnaburg
After Osnaburg (Osnabrück)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural osnaburgs)
Origin
Named for the German city of Osnabrück (from which it may have been first imported into English-speaking countries).
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