From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhessianhes‧si‧an /ˈhesiən $ ˈheʃən/ noun [uncountable] British EnglishDT thick rough cloth sometimes used for making sacks SYN burlap American English
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hessian• At one end green plastic sheeting and hessian cloth provided shade from the desert sun.• A mile or two away a line of froth delineated the beach and along it Impressionistic strokes suggested stick and hessian shelters.• Apply grasscloth in the same way as paper-back hessian, smoothing the material in place with soft roller.• Our bedroom curtains were made of brown hessian.• Thin, blue-white tentacles of fire stabbed from ceiling to floor, from desk to hessian screen.• They worked all day in the mud; at night they slept on compacted mud under hessian lean-tos. 