Broadcloth
['brɔːdklɒθ] or ['brɔd,klɔθ]
Definition
(noun.) a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib.
(noun.) a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish.
Editor: Pedro--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Typed by Emile
Examples
- The Patriarchs were not dressed in bottle-green broadcloth, and yet his clothes looked patriarchal. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It is not for love or beauty, but for ledger and broadcloth, he is going to break a spear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I took a number of little pieces of broadcloth from a tailor's pattern card, of various colours. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Checker: Monroe