'Cloth measure' definitions:

Definition of 'Cloth measure'

From: GCIDE
  • Cloth \Cloth\ (kl[o^]th; 115), n.; pl. Cloths (kl[o^][th]z; 115), except in the sense of garments, when it is Clothes (kl[=o]thz or kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn] cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan. kl[ae]de, cloth, Sw. kl[aum]de, G. kleid garment, dress.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread. --Quarles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession. [1913 Webster]
  • Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth? --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • Body cloth. See under Body.
  • Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold.
  • Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
  • Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth
  • shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap. [1913 Webster]