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monkscloth en · NOUN

Etymology

From monk + -s- + cloth.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A kind of woven cotton cloth.
    • The purple monkscloth drapes that hung from the window next to Mr. Reilly's desk created a meditative area in the office. 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN: