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Clothes   /kloʊðz/  /kloʊz/   Listen
noun
Cloth  n.  (pl. cloths, except in the sense of garments, when it is clothes)  
1.
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.
2.
The dress; raiment. (Obs.) See Clothes. "I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread."
3.
The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession. "Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth?" "The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to... every axiom."
Body cloth. See under Body.
Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold.
Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth.
Cloth shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.


Clothes  n. pl.  
1.
Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. "She... speaks well, and has excellent good clothes." "If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole."
2.
The covering of a bed; bedclothes. "She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes."
Body clothes. See under Body.
Clothes moth (Zool.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (Tinea flavifrontella) is yellowish white. The larvae eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.
Synonyms: Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.





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"Clothes" Quotes from Famous Books



... not care what came next. For an hour the box stood on the floor like a coffin, and then Betty came, with red eyes and a red nose, and carried it downstairs. Then auntie came up again, dressed in her Sunday clothes. She put on Annie's best frock and bonnet—adorning the victim for sacrifice—at least, so Annie's face would have suggested—and led her down to the door. There stood a horse and cart. In the cart was some straw, and a sack stuffed with hay. As auntie was getting into the cart, Betty rushed ...
— Alec Forbes of Howglen • George MacDonald
... in the firing line a soldier never takes off his boots, clothes, or equipment except for one thing, that is to grease the feet with an anti-frostbite preparation. As for rest, you can see that with one man in three on look-out, you get a little rest, at least six hours, which I found enough. When in a big attack ...
— One Young Man • Sir John Ernest Hodder-Williams
... us than they are, I suppose, with you. And my "we" is a very poor man, who works hard at writing in a dingy newspaper office, and we shall live in a garret and have brown sugar in our tea, and eat hashed mutton. And I shall have nothing a year to buy my clothes with. Still I mean to do it; and I don't mean to be long before I do do it. When a girl has made up her mind to be married, she had better go on with it at once, and take it all afterwards as it may come. Nevertheless, perhaps, we may see each other somewhere, and I may be able to introduce ...
— He Knew He Was Right • Anthony Trollope
... societies that seem to grow out of them, the novice is born again as THE SACRED ANIMAL. Thus among the Carrier Indians (1) when a man wants to become a Lulem or 'Bear,' however cold the season he tears off his clothes, puts on a bear-skin and dashes into the woods, where he will stay for three or four days. Every night his fellow-villagers will go out in search parties to find him. They cry out Yi! Kelulem (come on, Bear), and he answers with angry growls. Usually they fail to ...
— Pagan & Christian Creeds - Their Origin and Meaning • Edward Carpenter
... who helped him to undress after the skeleton and the fat lady had gone to their tent and Ella had gone to dress for her appearance with her mother, for now she was obliged to ride twice at each performance. When Toby was in ordinary clothes again Ben said: ...
— Toby Tyler • James Otis


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