sear-cloth

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In the head of each cottor is some great gentleman or officer, who is carried in a thing like a horse-litter, borne by two camels, one before and the other behind, which is covered all over with sear-cloth, and over that again with green broad cloth, and set forth very handsomely.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
Or sear-cloth masts with strong _tarpawling_ coats;

Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746