"cloth" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /klɑːθ/ [Early-Middle-English, Northern], /klɔːθ/ Forms: clothes [plural], close [plural]
Etymology: From Old English clāþ, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|clāþ}} Old English clāþ, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*klaiþą}} Proto-Germanic *klaiþą Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cloth, {{enm-noun|clothes|pl2=close}} cloth (plural clothes or close)
  1. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    Table linen; a decorative cloth for the table.
    Categories (topical): Fabrics, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth Disambiguation of Fabrics: 32 24 4 4 8 4 4 2 5 2 10 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 32 24 2 3 4 2 3 2 4 3 20 Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 13 2 1 1 2 6 0 1 0 25 17 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 1 13 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 1 23 17 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 14 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 0 26 20 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 16 1 0 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 24 2 2 5 2 2 3 6 3 20
  2. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    A blanket or sheet; bed linen.
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1
  3. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    An ornamental cloth or carpet with fine detailing.
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1
  4. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    A specific standard length or area of cloth.
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1
  5. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    A cloth used to filter or sieve unwanted materials (usually in the kitchen).
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1
  6. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    The cloth babies are wrapped in; babywear.
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1
  7. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1
  8. (often in the plural) An item of clothes; a garment; something to be worn. Tags: in-plural, often
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-sNOUllqY
  9. Clothes, apparel; what is worn. Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-FLGGnDR8 Disambiguation of Clothing: 9 7 5 5 5 12 5 18 34 0 0
  10. (Late Middle English) A bodily tissue or layer. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-i5i4pJ9Y Categories (other): Late Middle English
  11. (Late Middle English, rare) An illness or medical condition evident from boils. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Anatomy, Diseases
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-k~TfB5ZP Disambiguation of Anatomy: 20 16 3 2 2 2 2 1 5 17 29 Disambiguation of Diseases: 12 9 4 4 6 4 5 7 9 15 26 Categories (other): Late Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bordcloth, clothen, clother, clothing, clothles

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "His winnowing fan is in his hand; he'll fully clean his threshing-floor, he'll gather up his wheat into his barn, and he'll burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 3:12, page 2r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "whos wynewing cloþ is in his hond .· ⁊ he ſchal fulli clenſe his coꝛn flooꝛ / and he ſchal gadere his wheete in to his berne .· but þe chaf he ſchal bꝛenne wiþ fier þat mai not be quenchid",
          "type": "quote"
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        "(often in the plural) An item of clothes; a garment; something to be worn."
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          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:4, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010",
          "text": "⁊ in þe cumpas of þe ſeete.· weren foure ⁊ twentı ſmale ſeetıs ⁊ abouen þe troones foure ⁊ twentı eldere men ſıttynge. hılıd aboute wıþ whıte cloþıs.· ⁊ in þe heedıs of hem golden coꝛouns"
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fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:\", \"A cloth used to filter or sieve unwanted materials (usually in the kitchen).\"], \"links\": [[\"Cloth\", \"cloth#English\"], [\"individual\", \"individual\"], [\"piece\", \"piece\"], [\"filter\", \"filter\"], [\"sieve\", \"sieve\"], [\"kitchen\", \"kitchen\"]], \"senseid\": [\"enm:cloth\"]}, {\"glosses\": [\"Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:\", \"The cloth babies are wrapped in; babywear.\"], \"links\": [[\"Cloth\", \"cloth#English\"], [\"individual\", \"individual\"], [\"piece\", \"piece\"], [\"babywear\", \"babywear\"]], \"senseid\": [\"enm:cloth\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"Middle English terms with quotations\"], \"examples\": [{\"english\": \"His winnowing fan is in his hand; he'll fully clean his threshing-floor, he'll gather up his wheat into his barn, and he'll burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.\", \"ref\": \"c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 3:12, page 2r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:\", \"text\": \"whos wynewing cloþ is in his hond .· ⁊ he ſchal fulli clenſe his coꝛn flooꝛ / and he ſchal gadere his wheete in to his berne .· but þe chaf he ſchal bꝛenne wiþ fier þat mai not be quenchid\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving\"], \"links\": [[\"Cloth\", \"cloth#English\"], [\"individual\", \"individual\"], [\"piece\", \"piece\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:\"], \"senseid\": [\"enm:cloth\"]}, {\"glosses\": [\"An item of clothes; a garment; something to be worn.\"], \"links\": [[\"clothes\", \"clothes\"], [\"garment\", \"garment\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(often in the plural) An item of clothes; a garment; something to be worn.\"], \"tags\": [\"in-plural\", \"often\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"Middle English terms with quotations\"], \"examples\": [{\"english\": \"And around the perimeter of the seat there were twenty-four small seats, and on those seats twenty-four elders sat, wearing white clothing and having golden crowns on their heads.\", \"ref\": \"c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:4, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010\", \"text\": \"⁊ in þe cumpas of þe ſeete.· weren foure ⁊ twentı ſmale ſeetıs ⁊ abouen þe troones foure ⁊ twentı eldere men ſıttynge. hılıd aboute wıþ whıte cloþıs.· ⁊ in þe heedıs of hem golden coꝛouns\"}], \"glosses\": [\"Clothes, apparel; what is worn.\"], \"links\": [[\"Clothes\", \"clothes\"], [\"apparel\", \"apparel\"]]}, {\"categories\": [\"Late Middle English\"], \"glosses\": [\"A bodily tissue or layer.\"], \"links\": [[\"tissue\", \"tissue\"], [\"layer\", \"layer\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(Late Middle English) A bodily tissue or layer.\"], \"tags\": [\"Late-Middle-English\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"Late Middle English\", \"Middle English terms with rare senses\"], \"glosses\": [\"An illness or medical condition evident from boils.\"], \"links\": [[\"illness\", \"illness\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(Late Middle English, rare) An illness or medical condition evident from boils.\"], \"tags\": [\"Late-Middle-English\", \"rare\"]}], \"sounds\": [{\"ipa\": \"/klɑːθ/\", \"tags\": [\"Early-Middle-English\", \"Northern\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/klɔːθ/\"}], \"synonyms\": [{\"word\": \"clothe\"}, {\"word\": \"clooth\"}, {\"word\": \"clath\"}, {\"word\": \"clathe\"}, {\"word\": \"cloþ\"}, {\"word\": \"cloþe\"}, {\"word\": \"clooþ\"}, {\"word\": \"claþ\"}, {\"word\": \"claþe\"}, {\"word\": \"cloð\"}, {\"word\": \"clað\"}, {\"word\": \"kloth\"}, {\"word\": \"klathe\"}, {\"word\": \"clotȝ\"}, {\"word\": \"cloyth\"}, {\"word\": \"kloyt\"}], \"word\": \"cloth\"}",
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  "section": "Middle English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cloth",
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