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monk's cloth

–noun
a heavy cotton fabric in a basket weave, used for curtains, bedspreads, etc.

Origin:
1840–50
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monk's cloth   (mŭngks)
n.  A heavy cotton cloth in a coarse basket weave, now used chiefly for draperies.
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