cloth-of-gold

A form of loincloth — A garment worn about the loins and covering the crotch.

Meanings

nouncloth-of-gold (plural cloths-of-gold)

plural cloths-of-gold

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of loincloth

    (...) jewel-hilted swords in cloth-of-gold sheaths; golden helmets with colored horsehair crests, or black and scarlet plumes; (...)

    1933, Robert Ervin Howard, Black Colossus
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