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floor-cloth, ˈfloorcloth
1. A fabric for covering floors; chiefly applied to substitutes for carpeting, as oilcloth, linoleum, etc.
1746Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 716 A thick Carpet, instead of a Floor-cloth, is liable to prevent the Success of this Experiment. a1818Miss Rose in G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 75 The floor-cloth in the entrance-hall was taken up. 1836Dickens Sk. Boz, Parish vii, It was a neat, dull little house..with new, narrow floorcloth in the passage.
2. A cloth for washing floors.
1851[See file n.7]. 1951Catal. of Exhibits, South Bank Exhib., Festival of Britain 136/1 Dishcloths & floorcloths. 1960M. Spark Bachelors x. 154 Carrie, you have wiped the oven with the floor cloth.
Hence ˈfloor-cloth, ˈfloorcloth v., to cover with floorcloth. Also, ˈfloor-clothed ppl. a.
1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xvi, He found himself in a little floor-clothed room. 1844― Mart. Chuz. ix, It was floor⁓clothed all over. |