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monkscloth

monkscloth noun: a kind of woven cotton cloth.

Noun

monkscloth (uncountable)

  1. A kind of woven cotton cloth.
    • The purple monkscloth drapes that hung from the window next to Mr. Reilly's desk created a meditative area in the office.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN

Origin of monkscloth

From monk + -s- + cloth.

Questions about monkscloth

What does monkscloth mean?
Monkscloth means a kind of woven cotton cloth.
What part of speech is monkscloth?
Monkscloth is a noun.

Words near monkscloth in the dictionary

  1. Monkmania
  2. monks
  3. monks cress
  4. Monks Horton
  5. Monks Risborough
  6. monkscloth
  7. Monkseaton
  8. monkship
  9. monkships
  10. monkshood
  11. monkshood vine

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