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Etymology

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From grass +‎ cloth.

Noun

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grasscloth (countable and uncountable, plural grasscloths)

  1. A wall covering made from the fibres of jute, rushes or other grasses.
  2. Any of various coarse cloths, the fibre of which is rarely that of a grass; especially, the Chinese summer-cloth made from ramie, Boehmeria nivea, properly a nettle.