American cloth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They spun and wove American cloth when men renounced British imports.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
I once asked a village maiden why the people made firewood of carved armchairs, when painted pinewood, upholstered in American cloth, is, if lovelier, not so lasting.
From Last Words A Final Collection of Stories by Murphy, Hermann Dudley
Together we went round to the end of the table, and there, surely enough, found a letter pinned to the American cloth, and addressed to my companion in a bold but rather quaint handwriting.
From A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta by Boothby, Guy
The bedroom was darkened by two frames, covered with black American cloth, which fitted into the windows.
From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence
There were little cupboards on either side of the fireplace, and in the recesses, ill-made shelves packed with books, and enriched with pinked American cloth.
From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
