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cloth

UK/klɒθ/ US/klɔːθ/ fairly common

noun

1.

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

  • “the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent”
  • “woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC”
  • “she measured off enough material for a dress”
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Origin

From Middle English cloth, clath, from Old English clāþ (“cloth, clothes, covering, sail”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþ, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą (“garment”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gleyt- (“to cling to, cleave, stick”) (compare Albanian ngjit (“to stick, attach, glue”)), a form of *gleh₁y- (“to smear; to stick”). Cognate with Scots clath (“cloth”), North Frisian klaid (“dress, garment”), Saterland Frisian Klood (“dress, apparel”), West Frisian klaad, kleed (“cloth, article of clothing”), Dutch kleed (“robe, dress”), Low German kleed (“dress, garment”), German Kleid (“gown, dress”), Danish klæde (“cloth, dress”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk klede, Swedish kläde (“cloth”), Icelandic klæði (“cloth, dressing”), Old English clīþan (“to adhere, stick”).

Phrases

  • Aida cloth
  • airplane cloth
  • altar cloth
  • American cloth
  • back-cloth star
  • bolting cloth
  • brattice cloth
  • cloth cap

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