"cloth" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /klɑːθ/ [Early-Middle-English, Northern-Middle-English], /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: 21 17 12 12 12 12 2 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 30 23 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 19 Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 1 1 2 4 6 1 9 14 11 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 9 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 31
  2. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    A blanket or sheet; bed linen.
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 17 12 12 12 12 2 3 2 6 Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 1 1 2 4 6 1 9 14 11 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 9 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 31
  3. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    An ornamental cloth or carpet with fine detailing.
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 17 12 12 12 12 2 3 2 6
  4. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    A specific standard length or area of cloth.
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 17 12 12 12 12 2 3 2 6
  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).
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 17 12 12 12 12 2 3 2 6
  6. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
    The cloth babies are wrapped in; babywear.
    Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-enm:cloth1 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 21 17 12 12 12 12 2 3 2 6
  7. (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
  8. Clothes, apparel; what is worn. Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-FLGGnDR8 Disambiguation of Clothing: 8 7 7 7 7 10 15 28 5 5
  9. (Late Middle English) A bodily tissue or layer. Tags: Late-Middle-English Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-cloth-enm-noun-i5i4pJ9Y Disambiguation of Anatomy: 6 5 6 5 5 5 2 3 29 33 Categories (other): Late Middle English
  10. (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: 6 5 6 5 5 5 2 3 29 33 Disambiguation of Diseases: 11 10 4 4 5 4 6 8 13 34 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 1 1 2 4 6 1 9 14 11 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 9 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bordcloth, clothen, clother, clothing, clothles

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        "(often in the plural) An item of clothes; a garment; something to be worn."
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          "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"
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*klaiþą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *klaiþą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English clāþ, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clothes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "close",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cloth",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "clothes",
        "pl2": "close"
      },
      "expansion": "cloth (plural clothes or close)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:",
        "Table linen; a decorative cloth for the table."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Cloth",
          "cloth#English"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "linen",
          "linen"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:cloth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:",
        "A blanket or sheet; bed linen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Cloth",
          "cloth#English"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "blanket",
          "blanket"
        ],
        [
          "bed",
          "bed"
        ],
        [
          "linen",
          "linen"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:cloth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:",
        "An ornamental cloth or carpet with fine detailing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Cloth",
          "cloth#English"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "ornamental",
          "ornamental"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:cloth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:",
        "A specific standard length or area of cloth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Cloth",
          "cloth#English"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:cloth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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)."
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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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