footcloth, foot-cloth (n.) Old form(s): foot-cloth
stately ornamental cloth worn over the back of a horse
2H6 IV.i.54[Suffolk to Lieutenant] Hast thou not ... / Bare-headed plodded by my foot-cloth mule [i.e. the mule which carried the cloth]
2H6 IV.vii.43[Cade to Say] Thou dost ride in a foot-cloth, dost thou not?
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