broadcloth/ˈbɹɔːdˌklɒθ/EtymologyFrom broad + cloth.nounA dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.“The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth.”