English

glasscloth

From glass + cloth.

A compound of glass + cloth

Proto-Germanic *glasą ‘amber’

Proto-West Germanic *glas ‘glass’

Old English glæs

Middle English glas

English glass

Proto-Germanic *klaiþą ‘garment’

Proto-West Germanic *klaiþ

Old English clāþ ‘cloth, clothes, covering, sail’

Middle English cloth

English cloth

Today it means

noun A cloth for cleaning drinking-glasses.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / glasscloth