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单词 footcloth
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footcloth

[ foot-klawth, -kloth ]
/ ˈfʊtˌklɔθ, -ˈklɒθ /

noun, plural foot·cloths [foot-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths]. /ˈfʊtˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.

a carpet or rug.
a richly ornamented caparison for a horse, hanging to the ground.

Origin of footcloth

1300–50; Middle English. See foot, cloth

Words nearby footcloth

footboy, foot brake, footbridge, foot-candle, footcare, footcloth, foot doctor, foot-dragging, foot drop, Foote, footed
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Example sentences from the Web for footcloth

  • An it please your grace, Shall I use my coach, or footcloth mule?

    The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip Massinger
  • The Earl of Northumberland hath a blue coat, broidered with gold, and a footcloth of the same.

    Mistress Margery|Emily Sarah Holt

British Dictionary definitions for footcloth

footcloth
/ (ˈfʊtˌklɒθ) /

noun

an obsolete word for caparison (def. 1)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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