Calico, e.g

Usage examples of cloth.

Both Abigail and Moira laughed with delight as they sought to hold down the billowing cloth.

Those that remained were vacuum ablating, their edges fraying like worn cloth, while their flat surfaces slowly dissolved, reducing their overall thickness.

If this fails, the finger is wiped off with a piece of cloth which has been saturated with alcohol, benzine or acetone, after which it may be inked and printed.

She ached for him to move away from her, panic surging over her as he pressed the cloth to her damp jeans.

Sew up the fish in a cloth dredged with flour, and boil in salted and acidulated water.

Fully afrown, I paused by a window to draw aside the thin cloth which covered it, immediately discovering the presence of thick, heavy raindrops covering the outside of the maglessa-weave panes.

Trade was hampered by widespread piracy, agriculture was so inefficient that the population was never fed adequately, the name exchequer emerged to describe the royal treasury because the officials were so deficient in arithmetic they were forced to use a chequered cloth as a kind of abacus when making calculations.

The cloth was empty except for the things Alman had just tossed onto it.

He handed the piece of cloth down to Amity, who held his legs to steady him during the next part of his work.

Colonel, fix a cloth over his nose and attempt to regulate the flow of the anesthetic from the bottle into a very slow drip.

He directly rushed to his field, where little green heads were already appearing, and by means of a great cloth, he managed to protect his crop.

The cheese - cloth gag got a hole bitten through it as Asey went at the remaining knots with everything he had.

Deep-piled and incredibly soft was the blue floor cloth beneath our feet, platforms large and small standing in many places upon it, slaves both male and female astand beside and about them, in the shadows, poised ever ready to be commanded to their tasks.

Proceeding to the library, dust cloth in hand, she saw Andy-or ather, the lower half of him-in the gaping cavity of the fireplace.

Instead of centuries, my fellow wanderers had come to command cohorts, sturdy and strong, armed with spear, bow and sword, protected by shields of stout wood and hide, their bodies covered by thickly padded cloth armor, a good substitute for metal when used only against atlatl darts.