cloth Copy link Outline 1. textum (esp. in pl.)2. textĭle, is, n. (often pl.) • cloth: 1. textum (esp. in pl.): coarse c., t. rude, Ov.: precious c., texta pretiosa, Ov.: Mart. 2. textĭle, is, n. (often pl.): carefully made, fine c., t. operosum, Cic.: painting on c., pictura in textili, Cic.: Liv.: they use its leaves for c., ejus foliis utuntur ad textilia, Plin. (N.B. Pannus appears never to be used for cloth as a fabric, but always of a piece of cloth, a garment, etc.: v. patch.) Special terms: linen c., linteum, Cic.: Plin.: hair or sack-c., cĭlĭcium: Varr.: Cic.: a table-c., stragula vestis: a term applicable to any kind of cloth used to spread over anything.