broadcloth
/ˈbɹɔːdˌklɒθ/US/ˈbɹɔdˌklɔθ/
broadcloth noun: a dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
Noun
broadcloth (countable and uncountable, plural broadcloths)
- A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
- A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
- Her fingers tightened slightly on his broadcloth sleeve.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter IV, page 216
- The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth.1942, Emily Carr, “The Bishop and the Canary”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
broadcloth meaning in Persian
broadcloth in Persian
- fine smooth-faced woolen cloth
- ماهوت mâhut
Forms of broadcloth
| plural | broadcloths |
|---|
Origin of broadcloth
From broad + cloth.
Words formed from broadcloth
Questions about broadcloth
- What does broadcloth mean?
- Broadcloth means a dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
- What is broadcloth in Persian?
- Broadcloth in Persian is ماهوت (mâhut). See Broadcloth meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is broadcloth?
- Broadcloth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce broadcloth?
- Broadcloth is pronounced /ˈbɹɔːdˌklɒθ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of broadcloth?
- The plural of broadcloth is broadcloths.
Words near broadcloth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: broadcloth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-broadcloth.wav.
Cite this entry: “broadcloth.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/broadcloth. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.