outing flannel

American  

noun

1. a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.

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Etymology

Origin of outing flannel

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

White outing flannel, cheese cloth and cheap grade of canton flannel, purchased by the yard at any dry goods store.

From Mending and Repair of Books by Brown, Margaret Wright

Dust cloths of cotton, outing flannel and wool.

From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon

One is a brown and red checked, and the other green with a white fleck in, both outing flannel.

From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt

Knives, forks, spoons and other small pieces of silver will keep bright and free from tarnish if they are slipped into cases made from the gray outing flannel and treated with the compound.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

It can be made of quilted padding bound with tape, or of two thicknesses of outing flannel covered with percale or denim and bound with tape or braid.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education