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Variant of cloth

cloth Definition

cloth (klôt̸h, klät̸h)

noun pl. cloths (klôt̸hz, klät̸hz; also klôt̸hs, klät̸hs for “kinds of cloth'')

  1. a woven, knitted, or pressed fabric of fibrous material, as cotton, wool, silk, hair, or synthetic fibers
  2. a piece of such fabric for a specific use tablecloth, washcloth, loincloth

Etymology: ME < OE clath, cloth, hence garment, akin to -clithan, to stick, clitha, poultice < IE *gleit- (> Ger kleid, dress) < base *glei-, to stick > clay

adjective

  1. made of cloth
  2. clothbound
cloth Idioms

the cloth

  1. the usual or identifying dress of a profession, esp. of the clergy
  2. the clergy collectively
cloths Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • weave: The machine - used for weaving cloths like damask - was a British first.

Noun used with modifier

  • burp: Terries can also be used as boosters, burp cloths, on a changing mat and for general babycare.

cloths Quotes

Had I the heavens'embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. —Yeats,W(illiam) B(utler)