osnaburg

[ oz-nuh-burg ]

/ ˈɒz nəˌbɜrg /

a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.

Origin of osnaburg

1535–45; irregular after Osnabrück, known for its linen

osmotic shock, osmous, osmund, osmunda, osnabrück, osnaburg, oso, osorno, osp, osphresis, osphretic

Wintertime, I wore a balmoral petticoat, osnaburg drawers, and er-r-r.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 |Work Projects Administration
He was created Prince Bishop of Osnaburg before he could speak.

The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick |Charles Bradlaugh
The top and sides were covered with osnaburg sheeting, which is cloth made of flax or tow.

Martha of California |James Otis
As he approached Osnaburg he became worse, and fell forward in his carriage, saying to his attendant, "I am a dead man!"

Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. III. (of III) |Rosalie Kaufman

We have no direct right to examine into the receipts from his Majesty's German dominions, and the bishopric of Osnaburg.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) |Edmund Burke

osnaburg

/ (ˈɒznəˌbɜːɡ) /

a coarse plain-woven cotton used for sacks, furnishings, etc

C16: corruption of Osnabrück, where it was originally made