"handcloth" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English handcloth",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "handclaþ",
        "4": "handclāþ",
        "5": "handcloth"
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      "expansion": "Old English handclāþ (“handcloth”)",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hand",
        "3": "cloth"
      },
      "expansion": "hand + cloth",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "håndklæde",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handtowel"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish håndklæde (“handtowel”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "handklæði",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handcloth"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic handklæði (“handcloth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English handcloth, from Old English handclāþ (“handcloth”), equivalent to hand + cloth. Cognate with Danish håndklæde (“handtowel”), Icelandic handklæði (“handcloth”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "handcloths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A handkerchief."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "handkerchief",
          "handkerchief"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A washcloth."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "washcloth",
          "washcloth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "handcloth"
}

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "handcloth"
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      "expansion": "Middle English handcloth",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "handclaþ",
        "4": "handclāþ",
        "5": "handcloth"
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      "expansion": "Old English handclāþ (“handcloth”)",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hand",
        "3": "cloth"
      },
      "expansion": "hand + cloth",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "håndklæde",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handtowel"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish håndklæde (“handtowel”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "handklæði",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handcloth"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic handklæði (“handcloth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English handcloth, from Old English handclāþ (“handcloth”), equivalent to hand + cloth. Cognate with Danish håndklæde (“handtowel”), Icelandic handklæði (“handcloth”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "handcloths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A handkerchief."
      ],
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        [
          "handkerchief",
          "handkerchief"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A washcloth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "washcloth",
          "washcloth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "handcloth"
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