Definition of Clth
Cloth (?; 115), n.; pl.
Cloths (#; 115), except in the sense of
garments, when it is Clothes (klōthz or
klōz). [OE. clath cloth, AS. clāþ
cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel.
klæði, Dan. klæde, cloth, Sw.
kläde, 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
- A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
- A form of attire that represents a particular profession.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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