broadcloth
Meanings
noun
- A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
- 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.
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Etymology
From broad + cloth.
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