broadcloth

WLA vanda Wedding suit of James II, made of grey broadcloth

Meaning

Noun

  • A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
  • A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide. (Reference: )

Origin

  • broad + cloth

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