Cloth Definition
- With a clothbound binding; as a clothbound book.
- the usual or identifying dress of a profession, esp. of the clergy
- the clergy collectively
Other Word Forms of Cloth
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cloth
- in cloth
- the cloth
Origin of Cloth
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From Middle English cloth, clath, from Old English clāþ (“cloth, clothes, covering, sail”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą (“garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleyt- (“to cling to, cleave, stick”). Cognate with Scots clath (“cloth”), North Frisian klaid (“dress, garment”), West Frisian kleed (“cloth, article of clothing”), Dutch kleed (“robe, dress”), Low German kleed (“dress, garment”), German Kleid (“dress, garment”), Danish klæde (“cloth, dress”), Swedish kläde (“cloth”), Icelandic klæði (“cloth, dressing”), Old English clīþan (“to adhere, stick”). Compare Albanian ngjit (“to stick, attach, glue”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English clāth
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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