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hammercloth

[ ham-er-klawth, -kloth ]
/ ˈhæm ərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /
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noun, plural ham·mer·cloths [ham-er-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths] /ˈhæm ərˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.

a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.

Nearby words

  1. hammer pond,
  2. hammer price,
  3. hammer throw,
  4. hammer, armand,
  5. hammerbeam,
  6. hammered,
  7. hammerfest,
  8. hammerhead,
  9. hammerkop,
  10. hammerless

Origin of hammercloth

1425–75; late Middle English hamerclothe, dissimilated variant of *hamelcloth home-woven cloth, equivalent to hamel domestic (akin to Old Norse heimili homestead) + cloth(e) cloth
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