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topcloth

topcloth noun: a cloth used to cover the top of anything, such as a table or a person's torso.

Noun

topcloth (plural topcloths)

  1. A cloth used to cover the top of anything, such as a table or a person's torso.
    • On one table, for example, we placed a silver topcloth over a rose cotton undercloth.1992, Renny Reynolds, Elaine Louie, The Art of the Party: Design Ideas for Successful Entertaining
    • In the market Nwibe's wife hurriedly removes her topcloth to cover her husband: behaviour that would be mad in many a non-African context.2002, Harold Bloom, Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart, page 79
  2. A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.

Forms of topcloth

pluraltopcloths
alternative formtop-cloth

Origin of topcloth

From top + cloth.

Questions about topcloth

What does topcloth mean?
Topcloth means a cloth used to cover the top of anything, such as a table or a person's torso.
What part of speech is topcloth?
Topcloth is a noun.
What is the plural of topcloth?
The plural of topcloth is topcloths.

Words near topcloth in the dictionary

  1. topbox
  2. topboxes
  3. topcase
  4. topcases
  5. Topcliffe
  6. topcloth
  7. topcloths
  8. topcoat
  9. topcoated
  10. topcoating
  11. topcoats

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