[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cloth \cloth\ klo^th; 115, n.; pl. cloths klo^thz;
   115, except in the sense of garments, when it is clothes
   kl=othz or kl=oz. oe. clath cloth, as. cl=athorn
   cloth, garment; akin to d. kleed, icel. klaeethi, dan.
   klaede, cloth, sw. klaumde, 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 distust 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
see also:
cloths clothes body cloth body cloth of gold cloth measure 
cloth paper shearer 

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