cloth of gold

noun

A fabric consisting of threads of gold and silk or wool.

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Meanings

nouncloth of gold (countable and uncountable, plural cloths of gold)

plural cloths of gold · alternative cloth-of-gold

  1. countableuncountableA fabric consisting of threads of gold and silk or wool.

    Nothing could be more splendid than the marriage; but as such details are only interesting when they are personal, I shall spare you all the cloth of gold, the embroidery, and the precious stones, displayed on the occasion, and merely tell you a pretty comparison made by the young queen.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 194

    Synonyms: gold cloth

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fabric consisting of threads of gold and silk or wool.

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gold cloth
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APA

cloth of gold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloth%20of%20gold

MLA

“cloth of gold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloth%20of%20gold. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloth of gold,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloth%20of%20gold.

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