Definitions for hammercloth

hammercloth ham·mer·cloth

Spelling: [ham-er-klawth, -kloth]
IPA: /ˈhæm ərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ/

Hammercloth is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 797 anagrams from letters in hammercloth (acehhlmmort).

Definitions for hammercloth

noun

  1. a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.

Origin of hammercloth

1425-75; late Middle English hamerclothe, dissimilated variant of *hamelcloth home-woven cloth, equivalent to hamel domestic (akin to Old Norse heimili homestead) + cloth(e) Examples for hammercloth

The etymology of this hammercloth, which was simply a covering over the coach-box, seems to have puzzled people considerably.

There is no footboard, whilst a hammercloth for the footman is raised upon scroll ironwork, very well made.

The masses of gold lace by which the hammercloth and the attendants' liveries were ornamented had an extremely rich effect.

Then, from a lateral path, a closed carriage and pair drove rapidly up to the Hall, and a footman bounced off the hammercloth.

hammercloth, ham′ėr-kloth, n. the cloth which covers a coach-box.

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