osnaburgEtymologyFrom Osnaburg, the former English name of the German city of Osnabrück (from which it may have been first imported into English-speaking countries).osnaburg means Designating or made from this fabric. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.adjDesignating or made from this fabric.“So that winter morning, I put on my osnaburg shirt and pants.”nounA plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.“[I]f he attended those solemn meetings at which the price of freight or the quality of Osnaburghs was discussed, he turned the venerable persons of the old merchants and grocers into ridicule […].”