clothes

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CLOTHES, noun plural Of cloth; pronounced cloze. 1. Garments for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; a general term for whatever covering is worn, or made to be worn, for decency or comfort. If I may touch but his clothes I shall be whole. Mark 5:28. 2. The covering of a bed; bed-clothes.
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