Cloth

kloth, n. woven material from which garments or coverings are made: clothing: the usual dre of a trade or profe ion, esp. the clerical:— pl. Cloths .— v.t. Clothe (klō th ), to cover with a garment: to provide with clothes: ( fig. ) to invest as with a garment: to cover:— pr.p. clōth′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. clōthed or clad.— n.pl. Clothes (klō th z, coll. klōz), garments or articles of dre : blankets for a bed.— ns. Clothes′-bas′ket , a large basket for holding and carrying clothes; Clothes′-brush , a brush for clothes; Clothes′-horse , Clothes′-screen , a frame for hanging clothes on to dry; Clothes′-line , a rope or wire for hanging clothes on to dry; Clothes′-moth , one of various tineas whose larvæ feed on furs, woollens, ., spinning cases out of these; Clothes′-pin , a forked piece of wood to secure clothes on a line; Clothes′-pre , a place for holding clothes; Cloth′-hall , a cloth-exchange building or market; Cloth′ier , one who makes or sells cloth; Cloth′ing , clothes, garments: covering; Cloth′-yard , formerly the yard by which cloth was measured.— Cloth of gold , a ti ue consisting of threads of gold and silk or wool; Cloth of state , a canopy; Cloth-yard shaft , an arrow a cloth-yard long.— Clothe in words , to expre ideas in words; Clothe on , or upon , to invest: to cover.— American cloth , a kind of enamelled cloth, used for covering chairs, .— The cloth , the clerical profe ion: the clergy. [A.S. cláth , cloth; Ger. kleid , a garment.]