·noun A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
See goring ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun ·Alt. of Goring cloth. II. Goring ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Gore>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, or goring-cloth. That part of the skirts of a sail cut on the bias, where it gradually widens fr...
·noun The dress; raiment. [Obs.] ·see <<Clothes>>. II. Cloth ·noun The distinctive dress of any pro...
West out of Houndsditch, leading to Bevis Marks. In Portsoken Ward, and the southern end in Aldgate ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
·- A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. ...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Carborundum paper. ...
·add. ·- A thin, loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressing cheese curds. ...
·- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus C...
·add. ·- A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses. ...
·add. ·- A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, ·etc. ...
·noun A coarse cloth. ...
·- A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet. II. Thibet cloth ·- A kind of fine woolen...
·noun A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect ...
East out of West Smithfield at No. 59 to Kiughorn Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Withou...
South out of First mention: O.S. 188-51. ...
Out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in th...
He is just come from the cloth market, i.e. from between the sheets, he is just risen from bed. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Square sails. ...
The lining sewed up the fore-part of the sail in the direction of the buntline to prevent that rope ...
A fleecy-looking cloud which sometimes covers the "table" or flat top of Table Mountain, at the Cape...
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
North out of White Friers, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). See Paved Alley and Ashentr...
See table-cloth. ...
See Back Court. ...
See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair. ...
South out of Cloth Fair, at No. 63, to Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without. Renamed 1885....
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy. ...
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated. ...