different between broadcloth vs castor

English

Etymology

broad +? cloth

Noun

broadcloth (countable and uncountable, plural broadcloths)

1. A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
2. (historical) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide. (Reference: broadcloth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "The Bishop and the Canary," [1]

     The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth.

Translations

See also

• kersey
• poplin

English

Etymology 1

From Old French castor (“beaver”), from Latin castor (“beaver”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??s.t?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(r)
• Homophone: caster

Noun

castor (plural castors)

1. A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
2. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
3. Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.

Synonyms

• (hat): beaver, castoreum (archaic)
• (cloth): beaver

Related terms

• castorette
• castoreum

Translations

See also

• castor bean
• castor oil

Etymology 2

Named from Greek mythology; see Castor and Pollux. The name pollux was given to another mineral with which it was always found.

Noun

castor (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.

Synonyms

• castorite

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling of caster, via cast +? -or (the Latinate varient of -er).

Noun

castor (plural castors)

1. (especially Britain) Alternative spelling of caster, especially in its senses
   1. A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
   2. A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, &c.

Derived terms

• castor sugar

References

castor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Castro, Croats, acrost, actors, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

Asturian

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin castor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k?s?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kas?to?/

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. beaver

Further reading

• “castor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.t??/
• Homophone: castors

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. beaver (aquatic mammal)

Synonyms

• (beaver): bièvre

Further reading

• “castor” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• scorât

Galician

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kást?r), from Doric Greek ?????? (káston, “wood”). See also Sanskrit ??????? (kast?r?, “musk”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kas.tor/, [?käs?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kas.tor/, [?k?st??r]

Noun

castor m (genitive castoris); third declension

1. beaver

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• fiber, beber (Late Latin)

Derived terms

• castore?tus
• castoreum
• castor?n?tus
• castor?nus

Related terms

• Castor

Descendants

See also

• Castor

Anagrams

• Arctos

References

• castor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• castor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• castor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• castor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. (Jersey) beaver

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French castor and its source, Latin castor, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kást?r).

Noun

castor m (plural castori)

1. beaver

Declension

Synonyms

• biber (less common)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver