hopsack

/ ˈhɒpˌsæk /

noun

1. a roughly woven fabric of wool, cotton, etc, used for clothing
2. Also calledhopsacking a coarse fabric used for bags, etc, made generally of hemp or jute

Example Sentences

It was just as exquisite in its way, an iron-grey hopsack, with trousers for which I had had to peel three times, but it did not speak quite so plainly of functions and high assemblages.

From Project Gutenberg

Weave B is known as the hopsack, and probably owes its name to being originally used for the making of bags for hops.

From Project Gutenberg