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grass cloth
or grasscloth
noun
- a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
grass cloth
noun
- a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grass cloth1
First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences
No chickens, tiny prints, borders, or faux grass cloth are in sight.
From Washington Blade
The upper walls are covered with a blue and silver grass-cloth that strikes an effective color note behind the mahogany furniture.
From Project Gutenberg
This he had bound up, whilst swimming, with a strip of his grass-cloth girdle.
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The little gentleman in the grass-cloth duster and velvet skull-cap was chairman of this committee, and he stated its object.
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The chief had neat grass-cloth mats spread for us, and taking his seat on one, he begged us to sit down on the others.
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He probably confounded the yucca with the ramie plant of the East, of which grass cloth is made.
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