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igure of a zigzag from. [A garment] whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchet cloth of silver, chevroned all over with lace. B. Jonson.

A heavy, longnapped, tufted woolen cloth.

Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed. Swift.

A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.]

untryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl." Spenser. Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. Emerson.

A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.] His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. Chaucer.

A kind of haircloth undergarment. Southey.

Made, or consisting, of hair. [Obs.] A Cilicious or sackcloth habit. Sir T. Browne.

To clothe. [Obs.] Holland.

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

ars religion otherwise than as a cloak. South. Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak.

A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Dryden. Closet sin, sin commited in privacy. Bp. Hall.

A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. His garments, nought but many ragged clouts, With thorns together pinned and patched was. Spenser. A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood. Shak.

texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

ssness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange. A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.

The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. Swift. She was sought by spirits of richest coat. Shak.

Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings.

To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting. Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [Obs.] Wright.

A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century. Halliwell.