† ˈcushion-cloth 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? 1705 London Ladies Dressing Room (N.), Three night⁓gowns of the richest stuff; Four cushion-cloaths are scarce enough. |