effective abrasion resistant surface without sacrificing the flexibility of the fabric as had been necessary in the prior art as a specific example dock shelter fabric according to the invention with a continuous base coat on both surfaces of the core fabric and a discontinuous abrasion resistant coat fused to one surface of the continuous base coat weighs twenty six 26 ounces per yard and measures thirty 30 mils overall an example of the discontinuous abrasion resistant coat 24 is a vinyl plastisol made from the following formulation this formulation or any desired formulation for the abrasion resistant second coat 24 is placed on the base coat 21 in a known manner as by putting a quantity of the formulation for the abrasion resistant second coat 24 in a vat in which an engraved roll is partially submerged for rotation with part of its circumference within the vat and part of its circumference above the vat the roll is engraved with a spaced pattern defined by dots or lines as desired the core fabric 20 with its previously applied base coat of polyvinylchloride 21 on at least one surface is trained between the engraved roll and a pressure roll and the rolls are rotated to present a spaced pattern of the abrasion resistant plastisol 24 to the base coat 21 which is intended to become the exposed surface 23 of the fabric a doctor blade.