Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
dishclout. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
dishclout, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
dishclout in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
dishclout you have here. The definition of the word
dishclout will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
dishclout, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From dish + clout.
Noun
dishclout (plural dishclouts)
- (obsolete) A dishcloth.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :O, he's a lovely gentleman! / Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam, / Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye / As Paris hath.
1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], chapter XVII, in St Ronan’s Well. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, pages 262-3:Upon the present occasion, he bustled in and out of the kitchen, till Mrs. Dods lost patience, and threatened to pin the dish-clout to his tail; a menace which he pardoned, in consideration, that in all the countries which he had visited, which are sufficiently civilized to boast of cooks, these artists, toiling in their fiery element, have a privilege to be testy and impatient.
1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 213:Then he had bent and kissed her parted lips, gently at first, then passionately, drawing her, dishclout and suds and all, into his strong brown arms.