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water-cloth

, wæter + claþ.
Searchable Lemmata: wæterclaþ (OE), water-cloth (MdE).
Alternate Forms: wæterclað, wæterclaþas, wæterclaðas, waterkloth, watrecloth.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; a towel.(ante 1100 - ante 1500)
1. Egressurus de septimana sabbato munditias faciat Linthea cum quibus sibi fratres manus aut pedes tergunt lavet pedes vero tam ipse qui egreditur quam ille qui intraturus est omnibus lavent se ðe is ut toforanne on ðære ucan on sæternes dæg clænsunga do wæterclað mid þam þe heom sylfan handa oððe fet clipiað he þwea fett soðlice ge se se ðe utgæð ge se se þe is in tofarenne eallum hi þwean. [DOE BenRGl (0325 (35.65.15))]
2. Ðære cycenen wuceðenestre on þone seternesdæ3 ... 3e wæterclaðas waxan. Ecclesiastic/Regula. [MED Wint.Ben.Rule ((Cld D.3) 79/5) ante 1225]
3. Unum waterkloth, unum canvas, et unum olde shete cum tribus pillowars. Accounts. Compare Rec.B.Nottingham 2, p. 86: j towell', vj d.; j watrecloth, vj d. Here the term may be referring to a different kind of towel; OED suggests as dishcloth may be intended. [MED in Rec.B.Nottingham 1 (244) 1390]
OE.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, compound of wæter 'water' + cloþ 'cloth' (q.v.).
WF: Compound
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