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

The material was also invariably of a kind to wear, a fine linen or a closely woven English longcloth.

From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.

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

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)

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)

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