footcloth

American  

[foot-klawth, -kloth] / ˈfʊtˌklɔθ, -ˈklɒθ /

noun

• footcloths
  plural

1. a carpet or rug.

2. a richly ornamented caparison for a horse, hanging to the ground.

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footcloth British  

/ ˈfʊtˌklɒθ /

noun

1. an obsolete word for caparison

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• footcloths
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of footcloth

1300–50; Middle English. See foot, cloth

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Example Sentences

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And what a world of great men and great things, “high actions and high passions,” is this that he has spread under her for a footcloth or hung behind her for a curtain! 

From A Study of Shakespeare by Edmund Gosse

With an adroit presence of mind, the courtier pulled off his rich plush cloak and threw it on the ground to serve her for a footcloth.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

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

From Mistress Margery by Emily Sarah Holt

Then on the ground, while trumpets sound their loudest points of war, Fling the red shreds, a footcloth meet for Henry of Navarre.

From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Burt

Raleigh spoiled a new plush cloak, while the queen, stepping cautiously on this prodigal's footcloth, shot forth a smile, in which he read promotion.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli

Gorgeous footcloths, rich and cunningly fashioned, hung down from the saddles of the beautiful women.

From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Margaret Armour

He thought of a warm chamber, warm bath, warm footcloths, warm pheasant, and warm wine.

From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley

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