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footcloth

footcloth noun: a housing or caparison for a horse.

Noun

footcloth (plural footcloths)

  1. (historical) A housing or caparison for a horse.
    • Behind Lord Howard and the Dame,
      Fair Margaret on her palfrey came,
      Whose footcloth swept the ground.1805, Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Forms of footcloth

pluralfootcloths

Origin of footcloth

From foot + cloth.

Questions about footcloth

What does footcloth mean?
Footcloth means a housing or caparison for a horse.
What part of speech is footcloth?
Footcloth is a noun.
What is the plural of footcloth?
The plural of footcloth is footcloths.

Words near footcloth in the dictionary

  1. footcandle
  2. footcandles
  3. footcare
  4. footcave
  5. footcaves
  6. footcloth
  7. footcloths
  8. footdragger
  9. footdraggers
  10. footdragging
  11. footdraggings

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