Definition of "silesia" []

• A sturdy twilled cotton fabric used for linings and pockets. (noun)

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• "Regardless of the daylight he had turned up the electric light on that side of the window to reflect a warm glow upon the heap, and behind, in pursuit of contrasted bleakness, he was now hanging long strips of grey silesia and chilly coloured linen dusterings."
• "He followed this up by hurling first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop."
• "Silk, of course, is the ideal material; but its costliness puts it beyond ordinary means, and common silesia, such as is used in dress linings, is almost as good."