oilcloth

Dictionary: oil·cloth (oil'klôth', -klŏth') pronunciation

n.
Fabric treated with clay, oil, and pigments to make it waterproof.

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oilcloth, originally, cloth treated with oil or other substances so as to be waterproof and used for fishermen's and sailors' wear, for coach robes and covers, and later as a floor covering, called floorcloth. Subsequently it was made of heavy canvas, jute, or burlap, sized with glue, and coated with a thick oil paint, several coats being used and successively rubbed down with pumice stone. It was machine printed, dried in a drying room, varnished, and rolled. Linoleum and various kinds of vinyl products have superseded oilcloth as a floor covering. A variety of oilcloth fabrics is now produced for wall, table, and shelf coverings, for raincoats, and for many small wares.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - voksdug

Nederlands (Dutch)
was-/zeildoek

Français (French)
n. - toile cirée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wachstuch, Öltuch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μουσαμάς

Italiano (Italian)
tela cerata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - encerado (m), oleado (m)

Русский (Russian)
клеенка, промасленная ткань

Español (Spanish)
n. - hule

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vaxduk, oljeduk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
油布, 油毯的一种

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 油布, 油毯的一種

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 방수포, 리놀륨

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 油布, リノリウム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قماش مشمع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שעוונית, לינוליאום‬

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