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Definition of Hopsack
1. Noun. A loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing.
Definition of Hopsack
1. Noun. A hemp sack used for holding hops ¹
2. Noun. A coarse, loosely-woven clothing fabric ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hopsack
1. a coarse fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopsack
Literary usage of Hopsack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textile design and colour by William Watson (1912)
"... Rib Weaves—hopsack, Mat, or Basket Weaves— Denting of Weft Rib and hopsack
Weaves. Repetition of Weaves. Drawing of Flat- Views and Sections of Cloths. ..."
2. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"Arrangements of Colourings for Twilled hopsack—188. Colour applied to Weave
Combinations —189. How to Colour Intricate Weave Designs—190. ..."
3. Analysis of Woven Fabrics by Aldred Farrer Barker, Eber Midgley (1914)
"hopsack, Matt or Basket Weave.—A weave which is produced by dividing the warp
into two sheds only, a 2/2 hopsack being produced by two threads and two picks ..."
4. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, John Paxton Norman, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1859)
"It is true that a combination similar to that in this case had been applied to
a fabric called "hopsack;" but "hopsack" is not a cellular cloth. ..."
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