longcloth

American  

[lawng-klawth, long-kloth] / ˈlɔŋˌklɔθ, ˈlɒŋˌklɒθ /

noun

1. a fine, white, cotton cloth, of plain weave; high-grade muslin.

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longcloth British  

/ ˈlɒŋˌklɒθ /

noun

1. a fine plain-weave cotton cloth made in long strips

2. a light soft muslin

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Etymology

Origin of longcloth

First recorded in 1535–45; long ¹ + cloth

Example Sentences

Gaudy shawls cover white cotton jackets; and skirts of bright, showy longcloth suggest the parrot or the cockatoo.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The material was also invariably of a kind to wear, a fine linen or a closely woven English longcloth.

From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.

The table, and on it Miss Sibson's squat workbox and a pile of longcloth, was between them.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

Her grandmother had seen to everything else, and was devoted to a durable material known as longcloth, which one buys by the bolt and uses forever.

From The Wishing-Ring Man by Widdemer, Margaret

The tongue," she enunciated with great clearness, as she raised the longcloth in both hands and carefully inspected it over her glasses, "is an unruly member.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.