osnaburg
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English
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).
Noun
osnaburg (countable and uncountable, plural osnaburgs)
- (now chiefly US) A plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.
- 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 258:
- [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 […] .
Adjective
osnaburg (comparative more osnaburg, superlative most osnaburg)
- (now chiefly US) Designating or made from this fabric.
- 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), pages 11–12:
- So that winter morning, I put on my osnaburg shirt and pants.