floorclothn.

Forms: Also floor-cloth.

1. A fabric for covering floors; chiefly applied to substitutes for carpeting, as oilcloth, linoleum, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > floorcloth

floorcloth1748

1748 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1747 (Royal Soc.) 44 716 A thick Carpet, instead of a Floor-cloth, is liable to prevent the Success of this Experiment.

a1818 Miss Rose in G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 75 The floor-cloth in the entrance-hall was taken up.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 120 It was a neat, dull little house..with new, narrow floorcloth in the passage.

2. A cloth for washing floors.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > [noun] > cloth for washing floors

flannel1819

floorcloth1851

1851 S. Warner Wide Wide World II. xlvi. 228 ‘A file!’ said Ellen... ‘O I remember now... I didn't know what you meant. Margery calls it a dishcloth, or a floorcloth, or something else’.

1951 Festival of Brit.: Catal. Exhibits: South Bank Exhib. (H.M.S.O.) 136/1 Dishcloths & floorcloths.

1960 M. Spark Bachelors x. 154 Carrie, you have wiped the oven with the floor cloth.

Derivatives

ˈfloor-cloth v.

ΚΠ

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvi. 140 He found himself in a little floor-clothed room.

ˈfloorcloth v. to cover with floorcloth. Also, ˈfloor-clothed adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [adjective] > covered with floorcloth

oilclothed1838

floor-clothed1843

linoleumed1892

linoed1933

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 109 It was floor-clothed all over.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	floorcloth
释义	floorclothn. Forms: Also floor-cloth. 1. A fabric for covering floors; chiefly applied to substitutes for carpeting, as oilcloth, linoleum, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > floorcloth floorcloth1748 1748 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1747 (Royal Soc.) 44 716 A thick Carpet, instead of a Floor-cloth, is liable to prevent the Success of this Experiment. a1818 Miss Rose in G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 75 The floor-cloth in the entrance-hall was taken up. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 120 It was a neat, dull little house..with new, narrow floorcloth in the passage. 2. A cloth for washing floors. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > [noun] > cloth for washing floors flannel1819 floorcloth1851 1851 S. Warner Wide Wide World II. xlvi. 228 ‘A file!’ said Ellen... ‘O I remember now... I didn't know what you meant. Margery calls it a dishcloth, or a floorcloth, or something else’. 1951 Festival of Brit.: Catal. Exhibits: South Bank Exhib. (H.M.S.O.) 136/1 Dishcloths & floorcloths. 1960 M. Spark Bachelors x. 154 Carrie, you have wiped the oven with the floor cloth. Derivatives ˈfloor-cloth v. ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvi. 140 He found himself in a little floor-clothed room. ˈfloorcloth v. to cover with floorcloth. Also, ˈfloor-clothed adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [adjective] > covered with floorcloth oilclothed1838 floor-clothed1843 linoleumed1892 linoed1933 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 109 It was floor-clothed all over. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1748
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