Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Clothes"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cloth \Cloth\ (?; 115), n.; pl. {Cloths} (#; 115), except in the
sense of garments, when it is {Clothes} (kl[=o]thz or
kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn] cloth, garment;
akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan. kl[ae]de, cloth,
Sw. kl["a]de, G. kleid garment, dress.]
1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire,
as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
others.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Clothes \Clothes\ (? or ?; 277), n. pl. [From {Cloth}.]
1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; --
a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made
to be worn, for decency or comfort.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

clothes
n : covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: {clothing},
{apparel}, {vesture}, {wearing apparel}, {wear}, {article
of clothing}]


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