Obs. App. ‘a cushion case or covering’ (Nares).
a. 1577. Gascoigne, Ferd. Jeronimi, Wks. (1587), 269. Hee would leaue eyther in the bed, or in hyr cushencloth, or by hyr looking-glasse … a peece of money.
1611. Cotgr., Desabiller, a Ladies cushion-cloth.
1626. Middleton, Women beware W., III. i. Why is there not a cushion-cloth of drawn-work, Or some fair cut-work pinn’d up in my bed-chamber?
1690. ? Evelyn, Mundus Muliebris, 3 (N.).
| Three Night-Gowns of rich Indian Stuff, | |
| Four Cushion-Cloths are scarce enough. |
