† cushion-clothn.
Obsolete.
Apparently ‘a cushion case or covering’ (Nares).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > cover for furniture > for cushion
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1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 281 He would leaue either in the bed, or in hir cusshencloth, or by hir looking glasse,..a piece of mony.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desabiller, a Ladies cushion-cloth.
a1627 T. Middleton Women beware Women iii. i, in 2 New Playes (1657) 135 Why is there not a Cushion-cloth of Drawn-work, Or some fair Cut-work pin'd up in my Bed-chamber.
1705 London Ladies Dressing Room Three night~gowns of the richest stuff; Four cushion-cloaths are scarce enough.
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