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os·na·burg

 (ŏz′nə-bûrg′)
n.
A heavy, coarse cotton fabric, used for grain sacks, upholstery, and draperies.

[After Osnaburg (Osnabrück).]
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osnaburg

(ˈɒznəˌbɜːɡ)
n
(Textiles) a coarse plain-woven cotton used for sacks, furnishings, etc
[C16: corruption of Osnabrück, where it was originally made]
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Osnaburg fabric is a plain-weave fabric that's similar to canvas and has a traditional feel that complements the look of Hardanger embroidery.
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Clothed in the traditional "Osnaburg" costume and standard jewelry that the rest of the women of the village wore, Harriet appears somewhat out of place, particularly in Saul's eyes: "His expression, as he sat watching her parade up and down in the shapeless roughspun Osnaburg with the bracelets like handcuffs on her wrists, was both amused and troubled" (Marshall 269).
The factory produced nine hundred yards of Osnaburg, a coarse cotton fabric used to make work clothes, sacking, bagging, and general purpose items, and one hundred bunches of yarn daily.
The failure was correlated with the paternalistic approach the proponent took, with decision making solely in the hands of industry and little consultation with the Osnaburg Nation (Doelle 1992).
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Two different heat-transfer harvest designs on a jacquard background have been extremely successful at Tobin, he added, as has an ivy pattern printed on osnaburg cloth.