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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A wall covering made from the fibres of jute, rushes or other grasses. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   Any of various coarse cloths, the fibre of which is rarely that of a grass; especially, the Chinese summer-cloth made from ramie, Boehmeria nivea, properly a nettle. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From grass + cloth.

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