horsecloth

[ hawrs-klawth, -kloth ]

/ ˈhɔrsˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.

Origin of horsecloth

First recorded in 1520–30; horse + cloth

Then the man forming the hinder part of the carnival steed sprang quickly forth from beneath the horsecloth.

Pretty Michal |Mr Jkai
Beside him, on the horsecloth, lay the fiddle he had made from a shingle.

The Strand Magazine - Vol. 1 - No. 6 - June 1891 |Various
Betty drew her down beside her under the horsecloth and threw her arms round her; Victoria's body was cold as ice.

A Bed of Roses |W. L. George
He fell from exhaustion, and we made a litter with two poles and a horsecloth to carry him home.

The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon |Samuel White Baker

I will write something on a card, which you will fasten to one of the pommels, throwing over all this horsecloth.'

Wilfrid Cumbermede |George MacDonald