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Cloth Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cloth? [n] Fabric or material formed by weaving, knitting, pressing, or felting natural or synthetic fibers. Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cloth: fabric \| material \| textile Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cloth: act drop \| asbestos \| asbestos board \| backdrop \| batten \| boltrope \| border \| canonicals \| canvas \| ceremonial attire \| clericals \| clew \| coulisse \| counterweight \| cringle \| crowd of sail \| curtain \| curtain board \| cyclorama \| decor \| drapery \| drop \| drop curtain \| earing \| episcopal vestments \| etoffe \| fabric \| felt \| fire curtain \| flat \| flipper \| foot \| fore-and-aft sail \| goods \| hanging \| head \| lace \| leech \| liturgical garments \| luff \| material \| muslin \| napery \| plain sail \| pontificalia \| pontificals \| press of sail \| rag \| reduced sail \| reef point \| reefed sail \| robes \| sail \| scene \| scenery \| screen \| side scene \| silk \| square sail \| stage screw \| stuff \| tab \| tableau \| teaser \| textile \| textile fabric \| texture \| the cloth \| tissu \| tissue \| tormentor \| transformation \| transformation scene \| vestments \| vesture \| weave \| web \| weft \| wing \| wingcut \| woodcut \| woof \| wool See Also \| aba \| acrylic \| Aertex \| alpaca \| artefact \| artifact \| baize \| basket weave \| batik \| batiste \| belting \| boucle \| broadcloth \| brocade \| buckram \| bunting \| calico \| cambric \| camelhair \| camel's hair \| camlet \| camo \| camouflage \| canopy \| Canton flannel \| canvas \| canvass \| cashmere \| cerecloth \| challis \| chambray \| chenille \| chiffon \| chino \| chino cloth \| chintz \| coating \| cord \| corduroy \| cotton \| cotton cloth \| cotton flannel \| crape \| crepe \| cretonne \| crinoline \| damask \| denim \| diamonte \| diaper \| dimity \| doeskin \| drapery \| duck \| duffel \| duffle \| dungaree \| edging \| elastic \| etamin \| etamine \| faille \| felt \| fiber \| fibre \| jean \| vulcanized fiber Cloth In Webster's Dictionary \Cloth\ (?; 115), n.; pl. {Cloths} (#; 115), except in the sense of garments, when it is {Clothes} (kl[=o]thz or kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn] cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan. kl[ae]de, cloth, Sw. kl["a]de, G. kleid garment, dress.] 1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others. 2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See {Clothes}. I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread. --Quarles. 3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession. Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth? --Macaulay. The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. --I. Taylor. {Body cloth}. See under {Body}. {Cloth of gold}, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold. {Cloth measure}, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. {Cloth paper}, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth {shearer}, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.

Cloth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cloth?

[n] Fabric or material formed by weaving, knitting, pressing, or felting natural or synthetic fibers.

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cloth: fabric | material | textile

Cloth In Webster's Dictionary

\Cloth\ (?; 115), n.; pl. {Cloths} (#; 115), except in the
sense of garments, when it is {Clothes} (kl[=o]thz or
kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn] cloth, garment;
akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan. kl[ae]de, cloth,
Sw. kl["a]de, G. kleid garment, dress.]
1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire,
   as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
   woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
   specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
   others.

2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See {Clothes}.

         I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread.
                                               --Quarles.

3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
   clergy; hence, the clerical profession.

         Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they
         tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
         their cloth?                          --Macaulay.

         The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
         administering and for giving the best possible
         effect to . . . every axiom.          --I. Taylor.

{Body cloth}. See under {Body}.

{Cloth of gold}, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
   threads of gold.

{Cloth measure}, the measure of length and surface by which
   cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard
   yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.

{Cloth paper}, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
   finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth

{shearer}, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
   nap.

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