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

"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)

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.

The table, and on it Miss Sibson's squat workbox and a pile of longcloth, was between them.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

Her grandmother had seen to everything else, and was devoted to a durable material known as longcloth, which one buys by the bolt and uses forever.

From The Wishing-Ring Man by Widdemer, Margaret

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