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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLOTH, n.
1. A manufacture or stuff of wool or hair, or of cotton, flax, hemp or other vegetable filaments, formed by weaving or intertexture of threads, and used for garments or other covering and for various other purposes; as woolen cloth, linen cloth, cotton cloth, hair cloth.
2. The covering of a table; usually called a tablecloth.
3. The canvas on which pictures are drawn.
4. A texture or covering put to a particular use; as a cloth of state.
5. Dress; raiment. [See Clothes.]
6. The covering of a bed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" [syn: fabric, cloth, material, textile]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural cloths) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cl?th cloth, garment; akin to Middle High German kleit garment Date: before 12th century 1. a. a pliable material made usually by weaving, felting, or knitting natural or synthetic fibers and filaments b. a similar material (as of glass) 2. a piece of cloth adapted for a particular purpose; especially tablecloth 3. a. a distinctive dress of a profession or calling b. the dress of the clergy; also clergy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. cloths) 1 woven or felted material. 2 a piece of this. 3 a piece of cloth for a particular purpose; a tablecloth, dishcloth, etc. 4 woollen woven fabric as used for clothes. 5 a profession or status, esp. of the clergy, as shown by clothes (respect due to his cloth). b (prec. by the) the clergy. Phrases and idioms: cloth-cap relating to or associated with the working class. cloth-eared colloq. somewhat deaf. cloth of gold (or silver) tissue of gold (or silver) threads interwoven with silk or wool. Etymology: OE clath, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cloth 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cloths) 1. Cloth is fabric which is made by weaving or knitting a substance such as cotton, wool, silk, or nylon. Cloth is used especially for making clothes. She began cleaning the wound with a piece of cloth. = fabric, material N-MASS 2. A cloth is a piece of cloth which you use for a particular purpose, such as cleaning something or covering something. Clean the surface with a damp cloth. ...a tray covered with a cloth. N-COUNT 3. The cloth is sometimes used to refer to Christian priests and ministers. ...a man of the cloth. N-SING: the N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Woven fabric. 2. [With The prefixed.] Clergy, clerical profession, clergymen, ecclesiastics.

Moby Thesaurus

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