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Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green Shak.

A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army. In the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniform of wool, olive drab.

A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.

To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.

A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler. And each one fills his knapsack or his scrip With some rare thing that on the field is found. Drayton.

To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver. Shak.

A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc.

The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.

An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. Chaucer. If he cuts off but a lap of truth's garment, his heart smites him. Fuller.

Masked; clothed as with a mask.

To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.

To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.

-- Sea lavender. (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary. -- To lay in lavender. (a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. (b) To pawn. [Obs.]

The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborn infant, and placed ready for used.

An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.

The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.

A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth. Lewis hole, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. De Foe.