horsecloth

[ hawrs-klawth, -kloth ]

noun

, plural horse·cloths [hawrs, -klaw, th, z, -klo, th, z, -klawths, -kloths].

1. a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of horsecloth¹

First recorded in 1520–30; horse + cloth

Example Sentences

Betty drew her down beside her under the horsecloth and threw her arms round her; Victoria's body was cold as ice.

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I will write something on a card, which you will fasten to one of the pommels, throwing over all this horsecloth.'

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Then the man forming the hinder part of the carnival steed sprang quickly forth from beneath the horsecloth.

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Beside him, on the horsecloth, lay the fiddle he had made from a shingle.

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To tell the truth, I was surprised to meet him in the Horsecloth.

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