† ˈcross-cloth Obs.
[cross- 3, 4.]
1. Eccl. A cloth or hanging before the rood.
| 1541 Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading 61 For emendyng of the Crosse clothe iiij{supd}. 1550 in Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bp. Stortford (1888) 134 Item 1 cros clothe of sylke and another of Pewke. 1566 in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 32 Item one crose clothe—made awaie. |
2. A linen cloth worn across the forehead.
| 1580 North Plutarch (1676) 41 The Nurses also of Sparta use..to bring up their Children, without swadling..or having on their heads Cross-clothes. 1589 Pappe w. Hatchet D iv b, Ile make him pull his powting crosscloath ouer his beetle browes. 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. iv. i. 168 Many weare such crosse-clothes or forehead clothes as our women use when they are sicke. 1699 F. Bugg Quakerism Exp. 20 Two Neckcloths, and four double Cross-cloths for a Woman. |