grasscloth

English

Etymology

grass +‎ cloth

Noun

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.
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