monk's cloth

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monk's cloth (m

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A heavy cotton cloth in a coarse basket weave, now used chiefly for draperies.

monk's cloth

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a heavy cotton fabric of basket weave, used mainly for bedspreads

[so called because a similar material was used for making monks' habits]

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monk's cloth - a heavy cloth in basket weave

cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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