Cloth

n. pl. Cloths (klŏyz; 115), except in the sense of garments, when it is Clothes (klōthz or klōz).
  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.
  3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
    4. 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.
    shearer ,
    one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.