The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clothes \Clothes\ (kl[=o][th]z or kl[=o]z; 277), n. pl. [From Cloth.]
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Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.
She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes.
--Shak.If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
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The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
--Prior.Body clothes. See under Body.
Clothes moth (Zo["o]l.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species ( Tinea flavifrontella) is yellowish white. The larv[ae] eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.
Syn: Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.