Cloth

Morpheme

Cloth

Type

free base

Denotation

woven fabric, felted material, covering

Etymology

Middle English cloth, clath; Old English clāþ

Evidence

broadcloth, cheesecloth, cloth, clothback, clothes, clothier, clothify, clothism, clothless, clothlike, clothmaker, cloths, clothwork, clothy, crumbcloth, dropcloth, dustcloth, grasscloth, haircloth, handcloth, housecloth, monkscloth, mudcloth, nettlecloth, nightcloth, oilcloth, sackcloth, sailcloth, tablecloth, teacloth, topcloth, undercloth, waistcloth, washcloth, waxcloth

Notes

<Cloth + -es> from Old English clāþas, plural of clāþ

See Also

Clothe