waxcloth

She lives in Agbélouvé with her husband and works at selling African "waxcloth".

Kiva Loans 2009

To deal with the ever-increasing demand from her clientele and cope with financial difficulties which are presently confronting her, she is requesting a loan to stock up on "waxcloth".

Kiva Loans 2009

Maybe "old school" when they see the tattered waxcloth vest I sometimes wear ... and Joe Cermele has rightly pointed out my distaste for using egg flies (especially beads).

Raising Hackles with Synthetic Fly Materials... 2009

Wallace Inn. The first was a strong, tall, powerful man, in a grey riding-coat, having a hat covered with waxcloth, a huge silver-mounted horsewhip, boots, and dreadnought overalls.

The Black Dwarf 2004

The getting of the waxcloth had been a wonderful event, and dozens of women had come from all over the village to stand in gaping admiration of its beauty.

The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

It was a fairly spacious place; two staterooms and a good-sized pantry opened from the main cabin; the bulkheads were painted white, the floor laid with waxcloth.

The Ebb-Tide Lloyd Osbourne 1907

Worn boards and ragged walls, and the rusty ribs fallen from the fireplace, are all that meet your eyes, but I see a round, unsteady, waxcloth-covered table, with four books lying at equal distances on it.

A Window in Thrums 1898

He knelt on a place where his knees had long since worn a hole in the waxcloth.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

Long stripes or large pieces of work, can be mounted on waxcloth, but we cannot recommend shortening the preparatory work in this manner, as the squares of netting are never so regular as when they are made in a frame.

Encyclopedia of Needlework Th��r��se de Dillmont 1868

You can take a porous pottery vessel, wrap it up in waxcloth, pitch it all over, and then drop it into mid-Atlantic, and not a drop will find its way in.

Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Alexander Maclaren 1868