facecloth

F4A1C3E1C3L1O1T1H4

noun

A flannel for washing the face.

Scrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfacecloth (plural facecloths)

plural facecloths

  1. A flannel for washing the face.
  2. A cloth laid over the face of a corpse.

    The same word, soudarion, is used for the facecloth of Jesus in John 20:7.

    2012, Michel Barnes, A Man of the Church, page 226

Origin

From face + cloth.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek φακιάλιον
  • φακιάλιον (phakiálion)flannel for washing the face
Bulgarian кърпа за лице
  • кърпа за лице (kărpa za lice)flannel for washing the face
Polish myjka
  • myjkaflannel for washing the face
Cite this entry
APA

facecloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facecloth

MLA

“facecloth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facecloth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “facecloth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facecloth.

Source: facecloth on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.