Silesia

Full definition of silesia

Noun

1. Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
• 1910, H G Wells: The History of Mr Polly, p 27:"Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.