Cloath
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 cloth countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 2 clothes, clothing, usually made of leather or skin countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Having previously obtained permission of a viewer, or some other person concerned in the colliery, a small hand lanthorn must be provided, a light being necessary for each person. It is also advisable to take a change of dress, at least of upper cloaths; strong boots to keep the feet dry, and an old hat."
- 1 Obsolete form of clothe. alt-of, obsolete
Example
More examples"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, cloath and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labour as to be themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged."
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