Meaning of broadcloth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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.
   countable, historical, uncountable

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Examples

“The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth.”

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