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Broadcloth

//ˈbɹɔːdˌklɒθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib wordnet
  3. 3
    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. countable, historical, uncountable

    "The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth."

  4. 4
    a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish wordnet

Etymology

From broad + cloth.

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