cloth

n.; pl. Cloths except in the sense of garments, when it is Clothes (klōthz or klōz). [ OE. clath cloth, AS. clāþ cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. klæði, Dan. klæde, cloth, Sw. kläde, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dress; raiment. [ Obs. ] See Clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread. Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth? Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having rigid front and back covers, covered with cloth; -- of books. Contrasted to softcover. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. To wear clothes. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Care no more to clothe eat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clothed it>or Clad p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing. ] [ OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. clāðian, cl&aemacr_;ðan. See Cloth. ] 1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. xxiii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

The naked every day he clad,
When he put on his clothes. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. [ 1913 Webster ]

Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sides are clothed with waving wood. J. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. wearing clothing. [ Narrower terms: adorned(predicate), bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked out(predicate); appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed; arrayed, panoplied; breeched, pantalooned, trousered; bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed: decent ] [ Narrower terms: dight ] [ Narrower terms: dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up ] [ Narrower terms: gowned ] [ Narrower terms: habited ] [ Narrower terms: heavy-coated ] [ Narrower terms: overdressed ] [ Narrower terms: petticoated ] [ Narrower terms: red-coated, lobster-backed ] [ Narrower terms: surpliced ] [ Narrower terms: togged dressed esp in smart clothes) ] [ Narrower terms: turned out ] [ Narrower terms: underdressed ] [ Narrower terms: uniformed ] [ Narrower terms: vestmented ] Also See: adorned, decorated. Antonym: unclothed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak. fog-cloaked meadows
Syn. -- cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ From Cloth. ] 1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark. v. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

She turned each way her frighted head,
Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Body clothes. See under Body. --
Clothes moth (Zool.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (Tinea flavifrontella) is yellowish white. The larvæ eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.

Syn. -- Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a brush used for cleaning clothing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A frame to hang clothes on. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a person who is conspicuous for dressing fashionably, especially one who spends much time or money to acquire clothing. [ PJC ]

adj. unclothed. Opposite of clothed.
Syn. -- garmentless, raimentless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]