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sailduck

noun

Etymology

From sail + duck (“canvas-like material, rag”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Saildouk, West Frisian seildoek, Dutch zeildoek, German Low German Seildook, German Segeltuch, Danish sejldug, Swedish segelduk, Icelandic segldúkur.

  1. derived from *dwōg-✻
  2. derived from *dōkaz✻
  3. derived from *dōk✻
  4. derived from *dōc✻
  5. derived from doeck
  6. borrowed from doek
  7. compounded as sailduck — “sail + duck”

Definitions

  1. Duck (a type of fabric) used as sailcloth.

    • Near-synonyms: duckcloth, duck

The neighborhood

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