Definition of old clothes:
(n) :
cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering floors, etc. - Webster, 1913; a
fabric treated on one side with a
waterproof covering, especially one made from
linseed oil etc.; used for
flooring,
tablecloths, [[kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering
"1969 — Ignatius pounded a paw into the oilcloth on the kitchen table. — John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapter 9, Page 224"
Definition of old clothes:
(n) :
cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering floors, etc. - Webster, 1913; a
fabric treated on one side with a
waterproof covering, especially one made from
linseed oil etc.; used for
flooring,
tablecloths, [[kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering
"1969 — Ignatius pounded a paw into the oilcloth on the kitchen table. — John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapter 9, Page 224"