A kind of cotton cloth or calico manufactured in long pieces; esp. cloth of this kind made in India.
1545. Rates Custom-ho., d iij. One long cloth makyth one shorte cloth and .vii. yardes.
1622. Malynes, Anc. Law-Merch., 57. An allowance or abatement for Draped, Dressed, Rowed, and Sheared Clothes, which is fiue łł in a Long-cloth, and foure łł in a Broad-cloth.
1670. Lett., 9 Nov., in Notes & Extr. Govt. Rec. Fort St. George, No. 1. (1871), 2. We have continued to supply you with the great stock … in reguard ye Dutch do so fully fall in with the Calicoe trade that they had the last year 50,000 pieces of Long-cloth.
1696. J. F., Merchant’s Ware-ho., 26.
1720. Lond. Gaz., No. 5815/3. A Parcel of long Cloaths white.
1721. C. King, Brit. Merch., 1. 313. The Long-Cloths exported in that Year make 10,000 of the Pieces.
1851. Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib., 1195. Samples of thick calicoes (called long cloths and Wigans) woven by hand.
1864. J. S. Buckle, Manuf. Compend., p. ix. 39 inches wide Long Cloth, 36 yards long.
1882. Floyer, Unexpl. Balūchistan, 46. Long cloths from Dizzak are much prized.
1898. Globe, 28 Oct., 1/5. Long-cloth! What you make nightgowns of!
