footcloth

[ foot-klawth, -kloth ]

noun

, plural foot·cloths [foot, -klaw, th, z, -klo, th, z, -klawths, -kloths].

1. a carpet or rug.
2. a richly ornamented caparison for a horse, hanging to the ground.

footcloth

/ ˈfʊtˌklɒθ /

noun

1. See caparison
   an obsolete word for caparison

Word History and Origins

Origin of footcloth¹

1300–50; Middle English. See foot, cloth

Example Sentences

An it please your grace, Shall I use my coach, or footcloth mule?

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The Earl of Northumberland hath a blue coat, broidered with gold, and a footcloth of the same.

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He rideth a white horse, and hath a scarlet footcloth, all powdered over with ostrich feathers in gold.

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