Dictionary

broadcloth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɑdˌklɑθ/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈbrodklot/ (Philippines)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɹɔdˌklɔθ/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɹɔːdˌklɒθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From broad + cloth.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) 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.
   • The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth. 1942, Emily Carr, “The Bishop and the Canary”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
   • Her fingers tightened slightly on his broadcloth sleeve. 1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter IV, page 216:

Forms

Deriveds

broadclothed

Relateds

poplin · kersey

Translations (19)

af swartlaken (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · sv kläde (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · cs sukno (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · fa ماهوت (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · ga leithead mór (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · sh кло̏т (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · mk сукно (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · tk mawut (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · ota چوقه (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · pl sukno (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · de Breitgewebe (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · uk сукно́ (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · be сукно́ (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · sh klȍt (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · ba буҫтау (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · uz movut (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · fi verka (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · ru сукно́ (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) · ug موۋۇت (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth)