Definition of "osnaburgs" [osnaburgs]

• Plural form of osnaburg. (noun)

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• "Negro-cloth, as it is called, osnaburgs, russet-colored shoes, -- in short, the distinctive apparel formerly dealt out to them, as a uniform allowance, -- are very generally rejected."
• "In summer, their clothing is composed of osnaburgs."
• "Print cloth and sheetings, drills and osnaburgs are their products, and they make them right."