footcloth

American  

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

noun

plural

footcloths

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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Etymology

Origin of footcloth

1300–50; Middle English. See foot, cloth

Example Sentences

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 Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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

From Mistress Margery by Holt, Emily Sarah

It was surmounted by a canopy, which, as well as the cushions, side-curtains, and the very footcloth, was composed of crimson velvet, embroidered with seed-pearl.

From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Gosse, Edmund

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 Disraeli, Isaac