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

1300–50; Middle English. See foot, cloth

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How to use footcloth in a sentence

Footcloths were the ornamental housings or trappings flung over the pads of state-horses.
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British Dictionary definitions for footcloth

footcloth

/ (ˈfʊtˌklɒθ) /

noun

an obsolete word for caparison (def. 1)

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