grass cloth
or grasscloth
a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
Origin of grass cloth
1- Also called Canton linen, China grass cloth.
Words Nearby grass cloth
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How to use grass cloth in a sentence
No chickens, tiny prints, borders, or faux grass cloth are in sight.
The upper walls are covered with a blue and silver grass-cloth that strikes an effective color note behind the mahogany furniture.
Remodeled Farmhouses | Mary H. NorthendThis he had bound up, whilst swimming, with a strip of his grass-cloth girdle.
Rdan The Devil And Other Stories | Louis BeckeThe little gentleman in the grass-cloth duster and velvet skull-cap was chairman of this committee, and he stated its object.
A Romance in Transit | Francis LyndeThe chief had neat grass-cloth mats spread for us, and taking his seat on one, he begged us to sit down on the others.
In the Wilds of Africa | W.H.G. Kingston
He probably confounded the yucca with the ramie plant of the East, of which grass cloth is made.
The Beginners of a Nation | Edward Eggleston.
British Dictionary definitions for grass cloth
a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
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