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means A material made by weaving or otherwise binding fibers together, used for clothing, covering, or wiping.
from From Old English 'clath,' meaning a garment or covering, with cousins across the Germanic family — Old Frisian 'klath,' Old High German 'klado,' and Dutch 'kleed.' Its older roots are murky; etymologists confess they don't know what the original word truly described. The plural split into two over time: 'cloths' for the material, 'clothes' for what you wrap yourself in — the same word quietly dividing the loom from the wardrobe.
- oldest scrap
- Dyed flax fibers date back 34,000 years
- royal purple
- Took 10,000 snails to dye one robe
- thread count
- A single bedsheet holds miles of yarn
- word origin
- Clothing once meant simply covering, no style implied
linen — fabric made from flax fibers, produced in ireland, belgium, and france for thousands of years
silk — fiber from bombyx mori silkworm cocoons, primarily produced in china, india, and vietnam
cotton — fabric from cotton plant bolls, major production in india, china, and the united states