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oilcloth

fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof coating, especially one made from linseed oil etc.
Class type of: woven fabric, waterproof fabric Q362542

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
woven fabric, waterproof fabric[10][11]
Has use
tent, tablecloth, oilskin[12][13][14]
Described by source
Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[15][16][17][18][19]
Different from
Cerata[20]
Made from material
cotton, jute, hemp fiber, linen, varnish, oil paint, Cotton duck, wax, rubber[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Uses
coating[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en American cloth en oilcloth en enameled cloth ar قماش زيتي de Wachstuch de Wachsleinwand de Firnistuch es forro para mesa es hule es mantel vintage fi vahakangas fr toile cirée fr toile enduite it stoffa a olio ja 油布 ko 유포 nl oliedoek nl wasdoek nl Wasdoek pl Cerata
🔖 Identifiers · 14
GND ID
7739201-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Oilcloth cerata.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300131081
Freebase ID
/m/0py36nd
Golden ID
Oilcloth-DGERGA
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
hule
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0115037
Interlingual Index ID
i56709
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
oilcloth
Krugosvet article (archived)
tehnologiya-i-promyshlennost/kleenka
NE.se ID
vaxduk
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/47F9DFA4-5EE0-4430-AE71-FD7EEE646A6F
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WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
03848958-n
YSO ID
22206

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🔗 Connections
Made from material 9
cotton, wax, rubber, jute, linen, varnish, oil paint, hemp fiber +1 more
Has use 3
tent, tablecloth, oilskin
Subclass of 2
woven fabric, waterproof fabric
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Different from 1
Cerata
Subtypes 1
beeswax wrap
Uses 1
coating
← Different from 1
Cerata
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  1. [1] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [15] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
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  21. [21] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Cerata
    Uses → coating
    Subclass of → woven fabric, waterproof fabric
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ YSO ID: 22206, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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