linen cloth

collocation in English

meaningsoflinenandcloth

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linen
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪn.ɪn/us
/ˈlɪn.ɪn/
strong cloth made from the fibres of the ...
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cloth
noun
uk
/klɒθ/us
/klɑːθ/
(a type of) ...
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(Definition oflinenandclothfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is quite probable that in the early centuries only onelinenclothwas used which served both for altar-cloth and corporal.
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He describes the finding of an "idol" in a cave standing upon a low stool covered with alinencloth.
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Arrangements for disposing oflinencloth, at home or for export, according to the type of cloth, are practically complete.
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They are even told that they should use a paper cloth rather than alinenclothto mop up whatever their children may have spilled.
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Czepiec is tied at the back and covered with usuallylinencloth.
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The dense and highly polished finish is achieved by rubbing with pumice, charcoal,linenclothand, finally, felt impregnated with oil.
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It is a long cylindricallinenclothbelt, around 5 to 10 centimeters in diameter, worn around a woman's hips.
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It handled every stage in the manufacture oflinenclothand employed thousands of spinners and weavers.
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By the 1730s, the declininglinenclothbusiness was being succeeded by considerable trade in linen yarn.
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Linenclothcan be whitened with chestnut meal.
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It was alinencloth, often starched, which covered the neck and shoulders of the wearer, sometimes the entire chest as well.
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From the north also came woolens andlinencloth.
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Shirts, resembling a tunic, were sewn from whitelinenclothand were not usually decorated.
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It is made of heavy home-wovenlinencloth.
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The pigments were applied to alinencloth, treated with the same glue sizing, fixed in turn to its frame by glue.
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Some of his relief decorations for a temporary banqueting house were made with oldlinenclothin a "papier-mch" technique.
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The whitelinenclothexposed under jeogori in the picture is heoritti.
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The use of candles or tabernacles was banned by canon law, with the only appointed adornment being a whitelinencloth.
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Some wheat straw survived from padding between the plain silver bowls, which also bore faint traces oflinencloth.
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Although a large number of works using this medium were produced, few survive today, mainly because of the high perishability oflinenclothand the solubility of hide glue.
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