floorcloth

[ flawr-klawth, -kloth, flohr- ]
/ ˈflɔrˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ, ˈfloʊr- /

noun, plural floor·cloths [flawr-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths, flohr-] /ˈflɔrˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs, ˈfloʊr-/.

a cloth for washing or wiping floors.
a piece of cloth or the like, as crash, drugget, or linoleum, used with or without a carpet for covering a floor.
ground cloth.

Origin of floorcloth

First recorded in 1740–50; floor + cloth

Words nearby floorcloth

floor-manage, floor-through, floor-work, floorage, floorboard, floorcloth, floorcover, floorer, flooring, flooring brad, flooring saw

Example sentences from the Web for floorcloth

  • Kamptulicon, a floorcloth composed of cork and india-rubber or similar substance.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood

  • Linoleum, a floorcloth, being a composition of cork and linseed oil with chloride of silver.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood

  • In one part of the room an old woman was kneeling down scrubbing the floorcloth.

    Hard Pressed |Fred M. White