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long cloth, ˈlong-cloth
A kind of cotton cloth or calico manufactured in long pieces; esp. cloth of this kind made in India.
1545Rates Custom-ho. d iij, One long cloth makyth one shorte cloth and .vii. yardes. 1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 57 An allowance or abatement for Draped, Dressed, Rowed, and Sheared Clothes, which is fiue {llswing} in a Long-cloth, and foure {llswing} in a Broad-cloth. 1670Let. 9 Nov. in Notes & Extr. Govt. Rec. Fort St. George No. i. (1871) 2 We have continued to supply you with the great stock..in reguard ye Dutch do so fully fall in with the Calicoe trade that they had the last year 50,000 pieces of Long-cloth. 1696J. F. Merchant's Ware-ho. 26. 1720 Lond. Gaz. No. 5815/3 A Parcel of long Cloaths white. 1721C. King Brit. Merch. I. 313 The Long-Cloths exported in that Year make 10,000 of the Pieces. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 1195 Samples of thick calicoes (called long cloths and Wigans) woven by hand. 1864J. S. Buckle Manuf. Compend. p. ix, 39 inches wide Long Cloth, 36 yards long. 1882Floyer Unexpl. Balūchistan 46 Long cloths from Dizzak are much prized. 1898Globe 28 Oct. 1/5 Long-cloth! What you make night⁓gowns of! |