- A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as
in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen,
adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as
distinguished from all others. - The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes. - The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
Meaning of 'cloth' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . cloth
[ n]
Meaning (1): - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Example in sentence:
she measured off enough material for a dress;
the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent;
woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC