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

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longcloth

"Here," said the shopwoman, "is the gown, longcloth, one-and-sixpence; here is the flannel, one-and-sixpence; and here is the little shirt, sixpence."

From Esther Waters by Moore, George (George Augustus)

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)

A pile of stinking sheep-skins, a few rolls of questionable longcloth, two packets of candles, some sheep-shears, gin-traps, and a keg of tar.

From On the Heels of De Wet by James, Lionel

And they fell to bringing him longcloth and saying to him, "Dye it for us like this and that and take what hire thou seekest."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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