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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
facecloth
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Nigel's felt like a damp facecloth.
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facecloth

n. 1 A flannel for washing the face. 2 A cloth laid over the face of a corpse.

Usage examples of "facecloth".

However, instead of a veil, she wore the turban and draped facecloth of a member of the Bethlemites.

They pulled down their facecloths long enough to gulp black ale from a large flask they passed between them.

She put a couple of facecloths and a bottle of alcohol down on a bedside table.