cloth
Webster Dictionary
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
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wire
Webster Dictionary
to bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors
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duster
Webster Dictionary
a revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc
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straight pin
(straight pin)
Princeton's WordNet
pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end; used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together
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gig
Webster Dictionary
a rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth
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screen
(skrin)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a frame holding a mesh of wire, cloth, or plastic, for placing in a window or doorway, to admit air but exclude insects.
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mould
Webster Dictionary
a frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand
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couch
Webster Dictionary
to transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying
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wiry
Webster Dictionary
made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire
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bobbin
Webster Dictionary
a cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current
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barbed wire
(ɑrbd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
strands of wire twisted together with small pieces of sharply pointed wire at short intervals, used for fencing.
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wire netting
(ˈwaɪər mən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
netting made of interwoven wire, coarser than wire gauze.
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deckle
(ˈdɛk əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a board, usu. of steel, fitted under part of the wire in a papermaking machine for supporting the pulp stack before it is sufficiently formed to support itself on the wire.
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filigree
Webster Dictionary
ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern
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cable
Webster Dictionary
a rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable
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sackcloth
Webster Dictionary
linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence
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wire
Webster Dictionary
a telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire
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wire
Webster Dictionary
to put upon a wire; as, to wire beads
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pall
(ɔl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a linen cloth or a square cloth-covered piece of cardboard used to cover a chalice.
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flock
(ɒk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(sometimes used with a pl. v.) wool refuse, shearings of cloth, or old cloth torn to pieces.
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tapa
(ˈtɑ pə, ˈtæp ə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called tapa cloth. a cloth of the Pacific islands made by pounding this or similar barks flat and thin, used for garments and floor covering.
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vesperal
(ˈvɛs pər əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a cloth used between offices to cover the altar cloth.
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dreadnaught
Webster Dictionary
hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught
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beaver
Webster Dictionary
beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats
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pall
Webster Dictionary
a large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb
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print
Webster Dictionary
a printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth
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burl
Webster Dictionary
to dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth
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corporale
Webster Dictionary
a fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth
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fabric
Webster Dictionary
cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics
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shirting
Webster Dictionary
cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts
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