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grass cloth

or grasscloth

noun

  1. a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.


grass cloth

noun

  1. 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.

The upper walls are covered with a blue and silver grass-cloth that strikes an effective color note behind the mahogany furniture.

This he had bound up, whilst swimming, with a strip of his grass-cloth girdle.

The little gentleman in the grass-cloth duster and velvet skull-cap was chairman of this committee, and he stated its object.

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.

He probably confounded the yucca with the ramie plant of the East, of which grass cloth is made.

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