huckaback

American  

[huhk-uh-bak] / ˈhʌk əˌbæk /

noun

1. toweling of linen or cotton, of a distinctive absorbent weave.

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huckaback British  

/ ˈhʌkəˌbæk /

noun

1. Also called: huck.  a coarse absorbent linen or cotton fabric used for towels and informal shirts, etc

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Etymology

Origin of huckaback

First recorded in 1680–90; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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huckaback

You are huckaback on the other side of the Channel, and you wear out the poor Irish linen, let the justice of the case be what it may.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon

Weave A is the ordinary and most used huck or huckaback, while weave B, which is usually woven with double weft, is termed the Devon or medical huck.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

Madame Danois, in the Fairy Tales, used to tapestry them with jonquils; but as that furniture will not last above a fortnight in the year, I shall prefer something more huckaback.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole

But Joyce was intently examining some homely towelling, and weighing the respective merits of bird's-eye and huckaback.

From Under the Mendips A Tale by Emma Marshall

You may as well ask a loom which weaves huckaback, why it does not make cashmere, as expect poetry from this engineer or a chemical discovery from that jobber.

From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various