Definitions for "hopsack"
Keywords:  coarse, weave, plain, picks, basket
a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing
A coarse, open weave fabric which get is name from the plain weave fabric used for sacking in which hops were gathered.
A loosly woven coarse fabric of cotton or wool used in clothing. The fabric was originally used for bags by hop growers.