footcloth

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noun

A housing or caparison for a horse.

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Meanings

nounfootcloth (plural footcloths)

plural footcloths

  1. historicalA housing or caparison for a horse.

    Behind Lord Howard and the Dame, Fair Margaret on her palfrey came, Whose footcloth swept the ground.

    1805, Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
footwrap

Origin

From foot + cloth.

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Cite this entry
APA

footcloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footcloth

MLA

“footcloth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footcloth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footcloth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footcloth.

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