(idiomatic) Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.

plural of common clothes moth

(obsolete, nautical) To be tipsy (but not really drunk).

Alternative form of cut from the same cloth

(Ireland, dated, humorous) The Irish defence forces reserve.

(phonology) A phonemic split, in some varieties of English without the cot-caught merger, in which the vowel in words like "cloth" and "off" is pronounced with the same vowel as in "thought", as opposed to the vowel used in "lot".

plural of back-cloth star

plural of knight of the green cloth

(dated, humorous, colloquial) A gambler.

Someone or something that appears fierce or threatening but is actually harmless.