Home › Words › H › hammerclothhammercloth/ˈhæməɹˌklɒθ/hammercloth means the cloth that covers a coachbox.hammercloth is pronounced /ˈhæməɹˌklɒθ/.EtymologyProbably from Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy, tester”) (akin to German Himmel, and perhaps also to English heaven) + cloth; or perhaps a corruption of hamper cloth.nounThe cloth that covers a coachbox.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).