American cloth

British  

noun

1. a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth

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Example Sentences

They spun and wove American cloth when men renounced British imports.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Materials: Grey American cloth; red cloth; black jet beads and bugles; red worsted braid, three-quarters of an inch wide; some strong wire; a cigar-box.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

In squeegeeing, the tissue should be uppermost, and a sheet of American cloth laid over it to prevent the squeegee from damaging it.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

He took an American cloth parcel from the black bag and laid it at the Bishop's feet.

From 'That Very Mab' by Kendall, May

The minister used to give them all that, perched on a chair in their midst; and he kept a much fuller hut than I at my rostrum of American cloth.

From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)