Definition of Footcloth

1. n. Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse.

Definition of Footcloth

1. Noun. (archaic) A housing or caparison for a horse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Footcloth

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Footcloth

footbed
footbeds
footbinding
footboard
footboards
footbone
footbones
footboy
footboys
footbrake
footbreadth
footbridge
footbridges
footcandle
footcare
footcloth (current term)
footcloths
footdragger
footdraggers
footdragging
footdraggings
footed
footedness
footer
footered
footering
footers
footfall
footfalls
footfault

Literary usage of Footcloth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"Thou ridest on a footcloth doest thou not.] This passage, though completely necessary for the sense, is entirely omitted in the edition of 1619 and by Mr. ..."

2. A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays by Alexander Dyce, Thomas Amyot, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Robert Dodsley (1853)
"The edition of 1619 reads, " lus- tices of the peace." Page 58, line 24. Thou ridest on a footcloth doest thou not.] This passage, though completely ..."

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