horsecloth

horse·cloth

[hawrs-klawth, -kloth]
noun, plural horse·cloths [hawrs-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths] .
a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.

Origin:
1520–30; horse + cloth

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horsecloth

noun
a cloth for the trapping of a horse 
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