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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CLI-COM |
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CLOTH , properly a covering, especially for the body
woven
hair , cotton
In commercial usage, the word is particularly applied to a fabric made of wool. The word is Teutonic, though it does not appear in all the branches of the language. It appears in German as Kleid, dress (Kleidung, clothing), and in Dutch as kleed. The ultimate origin is unknown; it may be ,connected with the root kli- meaning to stick, cling to, which appears in " clay," " cleave " and other words. The original
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century , but the distinction in meaning betweencloths " and " clothes " is a 19th- century one.End of Article: CLOTH If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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