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ham•mer•cloth
(ham′ər klôth′, -kloth′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cloths
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(-klôᵺz′, -kloᵺz′, -klôths′, -kloths′).USA pronunciation
- a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.
- late Middle English hamerclothe, dissimilated variant of *hamelcloth home-woven cloth, equivalent. to hamel domestic (akin to Old Norse heimili homestead) + cloth(e) cloth 1425–75