hammercloth
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hammercloth
- /ˈhæməɹˌklɒθ/
Where it comes from
Probably from Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy, tester”) (akin to German Himmel, and perhaps also to English heaven) + cloth; or perhaps a corruption of hamper cloth.
noun hammercloths
- The cloth that covers a coachbox. Nevertheless, a hackney-coachman, who seemed to have as many capes to his greasy great-coat as he was years old, packed me up in his coach and hemmed me in with a folding and jingling barrier of steps, as if he were going to take me fifty miles. His getting on his box, which I remember to have been
Talk about this word "hammercloth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hammercloth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hammercloth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hammercloth "hammercloth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hammercloth.Cite this
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title = {hammercloth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
