ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Topcloth

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Topcloth is a noun meaning A cloth used to cover the top of anything, such as a table or a person's torso.

Meaning

A cloth used to cover the top of anything, such as a table or a person's torso.

More Meanings

  1. (nautical) A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.

Example Sentences

On one table, for example, we placed a silver topcloth over a rose cotton undercloth.
In the market Nwibe's wife hurriedly removes her topcloth to cover her husband: behaviour that would be mad in many a non-African context.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tablecloth, table cloth, overcloth, undercloth, altarcloth, facecloth.

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