footcloth

footcloth

English

Etymology

foot +‎ cloth

Noun

footcloth (plural footcloths)

1. (historical) A housing or caparison for a horse.
   • 1805, Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel

     Behind Lord Howard and the Dame,
     Fair Margaret on her palfrey came,
     Whose footcloth swept the ground.