'Clothes' definitions:

Definition of 'clothes'

From: WordNet
noun
Clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes]

Definition of 'Clothes'

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]

Definition of 'Clothes'

From: GCIDE
  • Clothes \Clothes\ (kl[=o][th]z or kl[=o]z; 277), n. pl. [From Cloth.]
  • 1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. [1913 Webster]
  • She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. --Mark. v. 28. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes. [1913 Webster]
  • She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • Body clothes. See under Body.
  • Clothes moth (Zool.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (Tinea flavifrontella) is yellowish white. The larv[ae] eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.
  • Syn: Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments. [1913 Webster]

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