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salamander cloth

salamander cloth noun: a type of fire-resistant cloth, or a piece of such material.

Noun

salamander cloth (countable and uncountable, plural salamander cloths)

  1. (formerly) A type of fire-resistant cloth, or a piece of such material.
    • When it drew near the morning, and they were about to take their departure, the little man came again up to the count, and with many thanks, presented him a sword, a salamander-cloth, and a golden ring, in which there was inserted a red-lion, with directions for himself and his descendants to keep...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn

Forms of salamander cloth

pluralsalamander cloths

Questions about salamander cloth

What does salamander cloth mean?
Salamander cloth means a type of fire-resistant cloth, or a piece of such material.
What part of speech is salamander cloth?
Salamander cloth is a noun.
What is the plural of salamander cloth?
The plural of salamander cloth is salamander cloths.

Words near salamander cloth in the dictionary

  1. Salamancan
  2. Salamancans
  3. salamandarin
  4. salamander
  5. Salamander Bay
  6. salamander cloth
  7. salamander cloths
  8. salamander's wool
  9. salamandered
  10. salamanderfish
  11. salamanderfishes

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