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broadcloth, broad cloth|ˈbrɔːdklɒθ, -ɔːθ|
[f. broad + cloth. In Act 1 Rich. III, viii., an. 1482, ‘broad cloths’, two yards within the lists, are distinguished from ‘streits’, one yard wide within the lists.]
Fine, plain-wove, dressed, double width, black cloth, used chiefly for men's garments. (The term is now used to imply quality rather than width, which may vary considerably; the ‘double’ merely represents that the piece is creased or folded double, i.e. with its two ‘lists’ brought together; a process not adopted with cloth of less than 54 inches wide.) Also attrib.
a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 452 There gothe no lesse in a mannes typette Than of brode clothe a yerd. 1465Mann. & Househ. Exp. 316, Ij. peces of blak brodeclothe, conteynenge in lengthe xlviij. yerdes. 1483Act 1 Rich. III, viii. §1 Any manner woollen Clothes, called broad Clothes. 1577Harrison England ii. v. (1877) 132 The wares that they carrie out of the realme are for the most part Brode clothes. 1632Massinger & Field Fatal Dowry v. i, A thrifty cap, composed of broad-cloth lists. 1720Gay Poems (1745) I. 72 Ye weavers all your shuttles throw, And bid broad-cloths and serges grow. 1833H. Martineau Cinn. & Pearls v. 97 You dressed in broad⁓cloth, and I in silk.
fig.1601Bp. Barlow Defence 222 That is Christ in the broad⁓cloth, in the whole peece.
Hence broad-clothier, a dealer in broad-cloth.
1720Lond. Gaz. 5878/6 Richard Rider..Broad Clothier. |