n. 布, 衣料, 织物, 布块, 桌布, (某一职业的标识)服装, 帆

Cloth \Cloth\ (kl[o^]th; 115), n.; pl. {Cloths} (kl[o^][th]z;
115), except in the sense of garments, when it is {Clothes}
(kl[=o]thz or kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn]
cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan.
kl[ae]de, cloth, Sw. kl["a]de, G. kleid garment, dress.]
1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire,
as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
others.

2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See {Clothes}.

I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread.
--Quarles.

3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
clergy; hence, the clerical profession.

Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they
tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
their cloth? --Macaulay.

The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
administering and for giving the best possible
effect to . . . every axiom. --I. Taylor.

{Body cloth}. See under {Body}.

{Cloth of gold}, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
threads of gold.

{Cloth measure}, the measure of length and surface by which
cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard
yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.

{Cloth paper}, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth

{shearer}, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
nap.