clothes

See also: cloþes

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (cloth, garment), from Old English clāþas (clothes), plural of clāþ (cloth), equivalent to cloth +‎ -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (clothes), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleidung.

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clothes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess[1]:
      Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
  2. (obsolete) plural of cloth.
  3. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
    • 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
      She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
  4. Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
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  • Sranan Tongo: krosi
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Etymology 2Edit

clothe +‎ -s

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clothes

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of clothe

ReferencesEdit

  • clothes in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • clothes at OneLook Dictionary Search

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clothes

  1. plural of cloth

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