sailcloth

Example:He used regular cloth to make drapes for the living room.

Definition:A general term for a manufactured piece of fabric or cloth material, not specifically for sailmaking.

Example:The fabric was used to make clothes for the children.

Definition:A textile formed by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers into a continuous web; not specifically for sails.

Example:The artist stretched a piece of canvass over a frame to begin her next painting.

Definition:A heavy, plain-woven fabric, often used for painting or as a basis for making sails, but not specifically so.