English

horsecloth

From horse + cloth.

A compound of horse + cloth

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

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 rug or similar cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.

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

Etymograph / horsecloth