2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See {Clothes}.
I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread.
--Quarles.
3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they
tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
their cloth? --Macaulay.
The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
administering and for giving the best possible
effect to . . . every axiom. --I. Taylor.
{Body cloth}. See under {Body}.
{Cloth of gold}, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
threads of gold.
{Cloth measure}, the measure of length and surface by which
cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard
yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
{Cloth paper}, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth
{shearer}, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
nap.
She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good
clothes. --Shak.
If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
--Mark. v. 28.
2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it
deep beneath the clothes. --Prior.
{Body clothes}. See under {Body}.
{Clothes moth} (Zo["o]l.), a small moth of the genus {Tinea}.
The most common species ({T. flavifrontella})is yellowish
white. The larv[ae] eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc.
They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which
they feed, fastened together with silk.
Syn: Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture;
raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.