monkscloth

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noun

A kind of woven cotton cloth.

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Meanings

nounmonkscloth (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA kind of woven cotton cloth.

    The purple monkscloth drapes that hung from the window next to Mr. Reilly's desk created a meditative area in the office.

    1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN

Origin

From monk + -s- + cloth.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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