2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cloth
n : something made by weaving or felting or knitting or
crocheting natural or synthetic fibers [syn: {fabric}, {material},
{textile}]
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