floorcloth

[ flawr-klawth, -kloth, flohr- ]

noun

, plural floor·cloths [flawr, -klaw, th, z, -klo, th, z, -klawths, -kloths, flohr, -].

1. a cloth for washing or wiping floors.
2. a piece of cloth or the like, as crash, drugget, or linoleum, used with or without a carpet for covering a floor.
3. ground cloth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of floorcloth¹

First recorded in 1740–50; floor + cloth

Example Sentences

She saw a narrow passage, without floorcloth or carpet; a narrow, dirty staircase led up to the rooms above.

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In one part of the room an old woman was kneeling down scrubbing the floorcloth.

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Kamptulicon, kamp-tū′li-kon, n. a ground cork and caoutchouc floorcloth.

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Kamptulicon, a floorcloth composed of cork and india-rubber or similar substance.

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Linoleum, a floorcloth, being a composition of cork and linseed oil with chloride of silver.

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