Stiffener: alternatives and connections

A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by…

Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a…

To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.

A stiff wide cravat; a stock.

A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.

Wearing a cravat.

To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth…

A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made o…

A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.

The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.

Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.

Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.

A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of…

a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages

Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.