Difference between revisions of "Oil cloth flure"
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* '''Flur:''' (''German'') floor; meadow | * '''Flur:''' (''German'') floor; meadow | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''oilsheet''' i.e., oilcloth, a cotton fabric made waterproof with oil and pigment; often used for tablecloths, mentioned by Stephan Dedalus as a baby, (''[[A Portrait]]''): "When you wet the bed first it is warm then it gets cold. His mother put on the oilsheet. That had a queer smell" → [[tearsheet]] |
[[Category:German phrases]] | [[Category:German phrases]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:00, 19 February 2020
- old cloth floor
- oilcloth: a floor covering similar to linoleum → at FW 008.16, in the Museyroom Episode, Napoleon became Lipoleum
- Flur: (German) floor; meadow
- oilsheet i.e., oilcloth, a cotton fabric made waterproof with oil and pigment; often used for tablecloths, mentioned by Stephan Dedalus as a baby, (A Portrait): "When you wet the bed first it is warm then it gets cold. His mother put on the oilsheet. That had a queer smell" → tearsheet
