longcloth

American  

[lawng-klawth, long-kloth] / ˈlɔŋˌklɔθ, ˈlɒŋˌklɒθ /

noun

1. a fine, white, cotton cloth, of plain weave; high-grade muslin.

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longcloth British  

/ ˈlɒŋˌklɒθ /

noun

1. a fine plain-weave cotton cloth made in long strips

2. a light soft muslin

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Etymology

Origin of longcloth

First recorded in 1535–45; long ¹ + cloth

Example Sentences

When he wanted to say he had a sixpenny-ha'penny longcloth to sell, he put it thus to startled customers: "Can DO you one, six half if y' like."

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

There was a glass in front of me, at the counter where I was buying the longcloth; and—in that glass—I saw one of the shopmen point to my shoulder and whisper to another.

From The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie

Gaudy shawls cover white cotton jackets; and skirts of bright, showy longcloth suggest the parrot or the cockatoo.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

From beneath a black quilted dressing-gown peeped with virtuous pride the longcloth of a nightdress of Victorian severity.

From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George

An honest hosier and draper, serge and longcloth warehouseman"—he groaned from rib to rib—"at the sign of the Gartered Kitten in the loyal town of Dulverton.

From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)