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grasscloth

grasscloth noun: a wall covering made from the fibres of jute, rushes or other grasses.

Noun

grasscloth (countable and uncountable, plural grasscloths)

  1. A wall covering made from the fibres of jute, rushes or other grasses.
  2. Any of various coarse cloths, the fibre of which is rarely that of a grass; especially, the Chinese summer-cloth made from ramie, Boehmeria nivea, properly a nettle.

Forms of grasscloth

pluralgrasscloths

Origin of grasscloth

From grass + cloth.

Questions about grasscloth

What does grasscloth mean?
Grasscloth means a wall covering made from the fibres of jute, rushes or other grasses.
What part of speech is grasscloth?
Grasscloth is a noun.
What is the plural of grasscloth?
The plural of grasscloth is grasscloths.

Words near grasscloth in the dictionary

  1. grassbox
  2. grassboxes
  3. Grassby
  4. Grassbys
  5. grasschat
  6. grasscloth
  7. grasscloths
  8. grasscourt
  9. Grasscroft
  10. grasscut
  11. grasscuts

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