footcloth
[ foot-klawth, -kloth ]
noun,plural foot·cloths [foot-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths]. /ˈfʊtˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.
a carpet or rug.
a richly ornamented caparison for a horse, hanging to the ground.
Origin of footcloth
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How to use footcloth in a sentence
An it please your grace, Shall I use my coach, or footcloth mule?
The Plays of Philip Massinger | Philip MassingerThe Earl of Northumberland hath a blue coat, broidered with gold, and a footcloth of the same.
Mistress Margery | Emily Sarah HoltHe rideth a white horse, and hath a scarlet footcloth, all powdered over with ostrich feathers in gold.
Mistress Margery | Emily Sarah Holt
British Dictionary definitions for footcloth
footcloth
/ (ˈfʊtˌklɒθ) /
noun
an obsolete word for caparison (def. 1)
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