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barkcloth

noun

Etymology

From its raw material, tree bark; bark + cloth.

  1. derived from *gleyt-✻
  2. inherited from *klaiþą✻
  3. inherited from clāþ
  4. inherited from cloth
  5. compounded as barkcloth — “bark + cloth”

Definitions

  1. A soft, thick, slightly textured fabric made from the inner bark of certain trees,…

    A soft, thick, slightly textured fabric made from the inner bark of certain trees, pounded together.

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