sailcloth

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She encouraged them to keep up their personal hygiene, exercise, write to friends and draw on a piece of sailcloth.

From Scientific American • Apr. 16, 2021

This solar lantern, made from recyclable sailcloth, also emits a remarkable amount of light and is super lightweight.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2020

Just as important, political and military leaders foresaw that future wars would require foundries to cast cannons, mills to weave sailcloth, and roads to move troops.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Painted on a piece of linen sailcloth 28 feet wide and 7 feet tall, it’s a vigorous depiction of rural industries at the end of the Great Depression: timber-felling, hay-baling, berry-picking, cow-milking and more.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2017

On a stony outcrop of land higher than the surrounding country, they passed a lord's pavilion with walls of heavy sailcloth.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin