The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hammercloth
Hammercloth \Ham"mer*cloth`\ (-kl[o^]th; 115), n. [Prob. fr. D. hemel heaven, canopy, tester (akin to G. himmel, and perh. also to E. heaven) + E. cloth; or perh. a corruption of hamper cloth.] The cloth which covers a coach box.
Wiktionary
hammercloth
n. (context dated English) The cloth that covers a coachbox.
Usage examples of "hammercloth".
Forth from the frigid mews come easily swinging carriages guided by short-legged coachmen in flaxen wigs, deep sunk into downy hammercloths, and up behind mount luscious Mercuries bearing sticks of state and wearing cocked hats broadwise, a spectacle for the angels.