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Resistant to tearing by thorns.
Waxed cotton coats, thornproof trousers and lightweight gumboots are standard kit on most shoots with the tweeds being brought out for the more formal days.
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thornproof — /ˈθɔnpruf/ (say thawnproohf) adjective (of a bicycle inner tube) strengthened so as to resist puncture by thorns such as the spines of the fruit of cat head plants …
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thorn — n. 1 a stiff sharp pointed projection on a plant. 2 a thorn bearing shrub or tree. 3 the name of an Old English and Icelandic runic letter, = th. Phrases and idioms: on thorns continuously uneasy esp. in fear of being detected. thorn apple 1 a… … Useful english dictionary
