broadcloth
English
Etymology
Noun
broadcloth (countable and uncountable, plural broadcloths)
- A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
- (historical) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide. (Reference: “broadcloth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "The Bishop and the Canary," [1]
- The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "The Bishop and the Canary," [1]
Translations
fine smooth-faced woolen cloth
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