grasscloth
English
Etymology
grass + cloth
Noun
grasscloth (countable and uncountable, plural grasscloths)
- A wall covering made from the fibres of jute, rushes or other grasses.
- Any of various coarse cloths, the fibre of which is rarely that of a grass; especially, the Chinese summer-cloth made from ramie, Boehmeria nivea, properly a nettle.