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語源

From broad +‎ cloth.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɹɔːdˌklɒθ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɹɔdˌklɔθ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈbɹɑdˌklɑθ/
• (Philippines) IPA: /ˈbrodklot/

名詞

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.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, “The Bishop and the Canary”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

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

派生語

参考

• kersey
• poplin

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