different between cloth vs plunket

English

Alternative forms

• cloath (obsolete)
• clath, clathe, claith (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English cloth, clath, from Old English cl?þ (“cloth, clothes, covering, sail”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþ? (“garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleyt- (“to cling to, cleave, stick”). Cognate with Scots clath (“cloth”), North Frisian klaid (“dress, garment”), Saterland Frisian Klood (“dress, apparel”), West Frisian kleed (“cloth, article of clothing”), Dutch kleed (“robe, dress”), Low German kleed (“dress, garment”), German Kleid (“gown, dress”), Danish klæde (“cloth, dress”), Norwegian klede, Swedish kläde (“cloth”), Icelandic klæði (“cloth, dressing”), Old English cl?þan (“to adhere, stick”). Compare Albanian ngjit (“to stick, attach, glue”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kl?th, IPA^(key): /kl??/
• (Conservative RP) enPR: klôth, IPA^(key): /kl???/
• (General American) enPR: klôth, IPA^(key): /kl??/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) enPR: kl?th, IPA^(key): /kl??/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /klo??/, enPR: kl?th
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

cloth (countable and uncountable, plural cloths)

1. (countable, uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
2. Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.
   • 1796–7, Mary Wollstonecraft, The Wrongs of Woman, Oxford 2009, p. 142:

     One day he came, as I thought accidentally, to dinner. My husband was very much engaged in business, and quitted the room soon after the cloth was removed.

3. (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
4. (metaphoric) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
5. (metaphoric) Appearance; seeming.
6. A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
7. (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

Synonyms

• (woven fabric): material, stuff
• See also Thesaurus:fabric

Derived terms

Related terms

• clothe, clothes, clothing

Translations

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cloth, from Proto-Celtic *klutom (compare Welsh clod), nominalization of Proto-Indo-European *?lutós (“famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (klutós, “famous”), Sanskrit ????? (?ruta, “famous”), and English loud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl??(h)/

Noun

cloth m (genitive singular cloith, nominative plural cloith) (literary)

1. fame, honor
2. reputation

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cloth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “clo?” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clothe, clooth, clath, clathe, cloþ, cloþe, clooþ, claþ, claþe, cloð, clað, kloth, klathe, clot?, cloyth, kloyt

Etymology

From Old English cl?þ, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþ?.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA^(key): /kl???/
• IPA^(key): /kl???/

Noun

cloth (plural clothes or close)

2. Cloth; fabric or an individual piece of it, especially made by weaving:
   1. Table linen; a decorative cloth for the table.
   2. A blanket or sheet; bed linen.
   3. An ornamental cloth or carpet with fine detailing.
   4. A specific standard length or area of cloth.
   5. A cloth used to filter or sieve unwanted materials (usually in the kitchen).
   1. The cloth babies are wrapped in; babywear.
3. (often in the plural) An item of clothes; a garment; something to be worn.
4. Clothes, apparel; what is worn.
5. (Late Middle English) A bodily tissue or layer.
6. (Late Middle English, rare) An illness or medical condition evident from boils.

Derived terms

• bordcloth
• clothen
• clother
• clothing
• clothles

Descendants

• English: cloth
• Scots: clath, clathe, claith

References

• “cl?th, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-26.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *klutom (compare Welsh clod), nominalization of Proto-Indo-European *?lutós (“famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (klutós, “famous”), Sanskrit ????? (?ruta, “famous”), and English loud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klo?/

Noun

cloth n (genitive cluith, nominative plural clotha)

1. fame, honor
2. reputation

Declension

Descendants

• Irish: cloth

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cloth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Noun

plunket (countable and uncountable, plural plunkets)

1. Synonym of blunket
   • 1964, L. F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, p. 199.

     Burels at this time seem to have been made in lengths of 20 ells and sold at 8d. the ell, while the better quality cloths - browns, plunkets, blues, and greens - were nearly twice the length, and cost about 22d. the ell.

References

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• plonket, plunkket, ploncket, plunkett, blunket, plaunket, plonkeut

Etymology

Potentially from Old Northern French blanket; though this etymology is disputed; more at English blunket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plunk?t/

Noun

plunket (uncountable)

1. light grey-blue
2. A blanket or cloth of that color
3. Light blue dye

Descendants

• English: blunket (obsolete)

References

• “plunket, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

plunket

1. light grey-blue
2. Made of light grey-blue wool

Descendants

• English: blunket (obsolete)

References

• “plunket, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also