Definition of: cloth

(klôth, kloth) noun plural cloths (klôthz, klothz, klôths, kloths)
1. A woven fabric of wool, cotton, rayon, etc.; a piece of such fabric.
2. A piece of cloth for a special use, as a tablecloth.
3. Naut. A sail, or a breadth of the canvas that goes to make up a sail.
4. Obs. Raiment; clothes.
—the cloth Clerical attire; hence, the clerical office; the clergy. [OE clath]