cloth : Idioms & Phrases

• the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered.

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Bear"ing cloth`

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1. A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak.

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• . See under Body.

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• a cloth or blanket for covering horses.

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• wire, hair, silk, or other sieve cloth of different degrees of fineness; used by millers for sifting flour. McElrath.

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• noun a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars
  

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• noun a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak
  flat cap.
  

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• noun a covering made of cloth
  

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• 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.

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• a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold.

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• a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. Cloth

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• a kind of clotch covered with a preparation making it waterproof.

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• . Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.

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• noun a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
  drop; drop curtain.
  
• noun a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted
  

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• noun cloth covered with powdered emery
  

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• cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing.

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• a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.

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• noun bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
  washcloth; washrag; flannel.
  

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• a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.

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• an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.

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• a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth.

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• a woven fabric formed of glass fibers.

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• . See Cloth of gold, under Cloth.

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• a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant.

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• a perennial herb of the Nettle family (Boehmeria nivea or Urtica nivea), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes.

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• noun a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture
  groundsheet.
  

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• a coarse hempen cloth for sacking.

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• a cloth to cover a horse.

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• a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric imbued with an incombustible substance.

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• a light material of cotton and worsted; called also farmer's satin.

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• a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides being of different colors, used for reversible garments.

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• a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.

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• noun a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
  reverend; clergyman.
  

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Match"-cloth` noun

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1. A coarse cloth.

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• cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill.

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• noun a heavy cloth in basket weave
  

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• the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. Carlyle.

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• a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.

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• a saddlecloth; a housing.

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• noun a separate part consisting of fabric
  piece of material.
  

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• noun a thick blue cloth used to make overcoats and coats for sailors etc
  

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• a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.

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• noun a fine cloth made from pineapple fibers
  

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Pi"ña cloth` (Also<

• Pina cloth
• Piña cloth

)

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1. A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.

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• (R. C. Ch., a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx.

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• (Naut.), long pieces of painted canvas, used to cover the quarter netting.

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• noun Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth
  Pipturus argenteus.
  

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• a cloth worn by horses in racing, having pockets to hold the weights prescribed.

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• cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding water or moisture.

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• noun Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
  Moira Shearer.
  
• noun a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
  
• noun a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
  

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• one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.

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• noun any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave)
  

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• noun a fabric made to resemble suede leather
  suede.
  

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• a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant.

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• noun a small tablecloth
  

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• noun a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
  terrycloth; terry.
  

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Thib"et cloth`

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1. A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.
2. A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.

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• to unfurl sail. Obs.

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Top"-cloth noun

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1. (Naut.) A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.

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• specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath.

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• noun table linen consisting of a small cloth for a tray
  

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• a fine kind of cotton fabric, made very transparent, and used as a tracing cloth.

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• . See Waxed cloth, under Waxed.

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• cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for other purposes; called also wax cloth.

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• (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings.

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• noun fabric woven of metallic wire
  

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• a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, used for strainers, and for various other purposes.

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• a thin kind of cassimere made in Belgium; also, a waterproof fabric of wool.

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