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All Words Glossary Glossary of Clothing Terms beginning with letter C Browse the Clothing Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  C noun  (computing) A particular high-level programming language. (slang) $100; a c-note. (music) A musical note; middle c. An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B. proper noun  Head of the Secret Intelligence Service, incorrectly identified in the James Bond literature as "M" ("C" during WW2 was Col. Stewart Menzies - from whence "M")       cable noun  A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. An assembly of two or more wires which are used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more may be insulated. (nautical) A heavy rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out. A telegram (finance) in financial markets 'cable' is used to refer to the currency pair Great British Pounds against United States Dollars (nautical) A unit of length verb to cable To send a telegram To wrap wires to form a cable       cack noun  (slang) faeces; rubbish verb  (intransitive) To defecate.       caftan noun  A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.       cage noun (plural: cages) an enclosure made of bars the passenger compartment of a lift verb (cag, ing) to put into a cage (advertising, politics) To track individual responses to direct mail.       calash noun  a sort of light 'convertible' carriage with a folding hood       calf noun (calves or, less often, calfs) A young cow or bull. A young elephant, seal or whale (italbrac, also used of some other animals). A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.       camouflage noun  a disguise or cover up, covering up. the act of disguise, disguising. (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.<ref>(JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).</ref> (fashion) a pattern on clothing consisting of unregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used in the army. verb to camouflage (camouflages, camouflaged, camouflaging) to hide or disguise something by cover up, covering it up or changing the way it looks.       CAP initialism  (European Union) Common Agricultural Policy. (USA) Civil Air Patrol Colleague Assistance Program combat air patrol Change Acceleration Process Colors and Placements       cape noun  (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak. verb to cape To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south. To gape.       capote noun (plural capotes) A long coat or cloak with a hood A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th century Canadian woodsmen. 1888, Theodore Roosevelt, Frontier Types, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, October 1888. : The fourth member of our party round the camp-fire that night was a powerfully built trapper, partly French by blood,who wore a gayly colored , or blanket-coat, a greasy fur cap, and moccasins.       Capuchin proper noun  A member of an order of Roman Catholic friars.       cardigan noun  A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool. Cardigans are available for both sexes but recent fashions have resulted in them being more typically worn by women. proper noun Cardigan A town in Wales.       Cardinal proper noun  (baseball) A player on the team "The St. Louis Cardinals". Smith became a as the result of a pre-season trade. A player on the team "Arizona Cardinals". A sports team or a player on a sports team at w:Stanford University, Stanford University. A student or player on a sports team at the w:University of Louisville, University of Louisville. <!-- split to Cardinals Cardinals (baseball) The team "w:St. Louis Cardinals, The St. Louis Cardinals". The team "w:Arizona Cardinals, The Arizona Cardinals". A sports team at the w:University of Louisville, University of Louisville. The Cardinals take the field. -->       casing noun  That which encloses or encases. Some people like to split the of a sausage before cooking so it doesn't split, others don't. verb  (present participle of, case)       Castor proper noun  (greekmyth): One of the Dioscuri (star): A double star in the constellation Gemini; alpha (α) Geminorum.       caul noun  The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines. Part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby"s head at birth. <!       cerement noun  A burial shroud or garment. cerecloth, Cerecloth.       chain noun  A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. He wore a gold around the neck. A series of interconnected things. This led to an unfortunate of events. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. That of restaurants is expanding into our town. A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule. When examined, the molecular included oxygen and hydrogen. (surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device. (surveying) A long measuring tape. A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a commonly used surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 17.85 metres. Equal to 4 rods. verb  (transitive) To fasten something with a chain (intransitive) To link multiple items together (transitive) To secure someone with fetters (transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain (computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers; to be chained to another data item (transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying       chamois noun (chamois) A short-horned goat-antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. (italbrac, Usually as "chamois leather") Soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used). (colour) The traditional colour of chamois leather: <table><tr><td bgcolor=" FBE4C7?" width="80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table> adjective  Chamois-coloured.       chapeau noun (s, pl2=chapeaux) A hat The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine In international law, introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.       chaps noun  (plural of, chap) = verb  (third-person singular of, chap)       chesterfield noun  A couch, sofa, or loveseat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top. (Canadian English) Any couch or sofa.       chignon noun  roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun       chinchilla noun  A small, nocturnal rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for its very soft fur and also often kept as a pet. The fur of a chinchilla used for clothing.       chino noun (wikipedia, Chino_cloth) (plural chinos) A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.       choker noun  A piece of jewelry/jewellery, worn as a necklace, tight to the throat. One who chokes (strangles) another person. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition. (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance. I lost £100 on the horses today &mdash; what a choker!       chopine noun  A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 liters of fluid, 1/3 the volume of a standard bottle. (obsolete) A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th century, 15th and 16th century, 16th centuries.       chrome noun  Another name for chromium when used to plate other metals.       chuddar noun  a chador a cotton shawl worn by both men and women in India       cloche noun (plural: cloches) A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth. A bell-shaped, close-fitting women"s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.       close-fitting adjective  snug, tight, form fitting Her clothes showed off her assets.       cloth noun (pl=cloths, pl2=clothes) (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose. A form of attire that represents a particular profession.       clothing noun  clothes, Clothes; apparel for wearing. verb  (present participle of, clothe)       coat noun  (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint. (countable) The fur or feathers of animal. (context, uncountable, nautical) canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather) verb  To cover with a coat of some material One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones. To cover as a coat.       cockade noun  A rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge.       cocked hat noun  A hat with the brim turned up to form two or three points; a bicorn or tricorn (nautical) The triangular space formed by the intersection of the position lines on a chart determined by plotting three bearings; the approximate position of the ship       cocktail noun  An alcoholic beverage containing multiple types of liquor They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve. 1806, 13 May 1806 edition of Balance and Columbian Repository, published by Hudson, New York, (first appearance in print): : Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters " it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. A mixture of other substances. "Scientists found a of pollutants in the river downstream of the chemical factory."       codpiece noun (plural codpieces) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Quotations 1598: Borachio. Seest thou not, I say, what a deformed thief this fashion is, how giddily 'a turns about all the hot-bloods between fourteen and five-and-thirty, sometimes fashioning them like Pharaoh's soliders in the reechy painting, sometime like god Bel's priests in the old church-window, sometime like the shaven Hercules in the smirch'd worm-eaten tapestry, where his codpiece seems as massy as his club? &mdash; William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act III, Scene III, line 130. A conspicuous protection for the male genitals in a suit of plate armor. Quotations 1786: On some suits were screwed large iron cod-pieces; these, according to tradition, were intended to prevent the ill consequences of those violent shocks received in charging, either in battle, or at a tournament. Same say, they were meant to contain sponges for receiving the water of knights, who in the heat of an engagement might not have any more convenient method of discharging it. But most probably, they were rather constructed in conformity to a reigning fashion in the make of the breeches of those times. &mdash; Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 21.       coif noun  A hairdo A hood A chain mail head gear verb (transitive) To style or arrange hair.       coiffure noun  hairstyle       collar noun  The part of a shirt or jacket that fits around the neck and throat. A similar detachable item Anything that encircles the neck. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain the animal and/or for identification. Make sure your dog has a holding an identification tag. See also a Wikipedia article on (w, horse collar). A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of the draft animal. (context, technology) Any encircling device or structure. A nylon kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath. (context, in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions; see -collar. verb  (transitive) To place a collar on. Collar and leash your dog. To seize or detain. To arrest. (transitive) To bind in conversation. I managed to Fred in the office yesterday.       colorist noun  One who colors; an artist has a talent for coloring       combination noun  The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining. A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock. (math) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection. An association or alliance of people for some common purpose. (billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.       Comforter proper noun  The Holy Spirit       cony noun (coni, es) A rabbit, especially the European rabbit (w:Oryctolagus cuniculus, Oryctolagus cuniculus).       coonskin noun  The pelt of a raccoon       cope verb (copes, coping, coped) To deal effectively with something difficult, (often cope with) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.       cordon noun  (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. (Cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully. (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support. verb (cordon, ed) (context, with "off") To form a around an area in order to prevent movement in or out.       cordovan noun  a leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide. adjective  oxblood (the color)       cords noun plural Plural of cord. (informal) Corduroys.       corduroy noun  A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.       cordwain noun  a leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide.       cornet noun  A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. Something shaped like a cone, notably a piece of paper twisted to be used in a container a pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) an ice cream cone. the headgear of certain religious sisters       corsage noun  A small bouquet of flowers, usually given to a woman for her to either carry or attach to her dress.       corselet noun (plural: corselets) Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together. Also used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece. Quotations 1786: Strictly speaking, the word corcelet meant only that part which covered the body, but was generally used to express the whole suit, under the terms of a corselet furnished, or complete. &mdash; Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 21. (Zoí¶logy) The thorax of an insect.       corset noun  A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust. verb  (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset. Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail. (figurative) To restrict or confine. "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.       cosmetic noun  An substance applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup. A feature existing only on the surface. adjective  external, External or superficial; pertaining only to the surface or appearence of something. Fortunately, the damage to the house was mostly and a bit of paint covered it nicely.       cosmetician noun  a person who manufactures or sells cosmetics a person skilled at applying cosmetics       cosmetology noun  the science of cosmetics the profession of a cosmetologist or beautician       costume noun  A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people. The dancer was wearing Highland . An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc. She wore a gorilla to the party. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season. The bride wore a grey going-away . verb (costumes, costuming, costumed, costumed) To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.       couch noun  An item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. verb (couch, es) To lie down; to recline (upon a couch). To phrase in a particular style, to use specific wording. He couched it as a request, but it was an order.       counter noun  An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his forward six spaces. (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured. He put his money on the , and the shopkeeper put it in the till. One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner. He's only 16 months, but is already a good - he can count to 100. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a Counter. (context, grammar) a class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations take place. verb  To contradict, oppose. (context, boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. "His left hand countered provokingly." -C. Kingsley. To take action in response to; to respond. = adjective  contrary, Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic. His carrying a knife was to my plan. adverb  Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction. "Running to all the rules of virtue." -Locks.       course noun  An onward movement, progress. The of events The itinerary of a race. The cross-country passes the canal. A period of learning. I need to take a French to pep up. A part of a meal. We offer seafood as the first . (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc. (context, navigation) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment. The ship changed its 15 degrees towards south. (context, navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc. A was plotted to traverse the ocean. (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast. Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship. (context, masonry) A row of bricks or blocks. On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day. The path taken by a waterway. verb (courses, coursing, coursed) To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood). The oil coursed through the engine. To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey.       couturier noun  a person who designs haute couture a company that is owned by, or employs such a person; a fashion house       coverall noun  (context, mostly, US) a loose-fitting protective garment worn over other clothing       cover-up noun  An act of conceal, concealment or disguise, often implying an effort of trying to evade sanction, sanctions or opprobrium for such concealment or disguise.       cowhide noun  Leather made from the hide of a head of cattle. Compare horsehide, sheepskin, kidskin, etc.       cowl noun  A monk's hood or hooded robe A mask that covers the majority of the head. A metal protective covering that covers the engine; also cowling (nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below (nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge       crawler noun (wikipedia, crawler, crawler (tractor)) a tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels to achieve superior floatation and traction. Crawlers are more expensive in maintenance and harder to operate than wheel tractors, but are often critical for working on soft soils, transporting great weights, and especially for bulldoze, bulldozing.       cream noun  The oily part of milk which rises to the top. Follow the recipe and add the heavy next. (color) A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream. <table><tr><td>cream colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor=" FFFDD0" width="80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table> (figurative) The best part of something. The of the crop. Some ointments or salves to apply to the skin. You look really sunburnt; you'd better put on some soon. (context, vulgar, slang) Semen. verb  To puree, to blend with a liquifying process. Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture. To turn into a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream. (slang) To obliterate, to win over someone else quite decisively. We creamed the opposing team! (context, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate. adjective  (colour) Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.       crease noun  A line or mark made by folding or double, doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. (cricket) One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease. (lacrosse) The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go. (ice hockey) A goal crease is an area in front of each goal, surrounded by thin red lines and filled in with light blue. See Wikipedia article on (w, hockey rink).       creation noun  (countable) An invention, artwork, etc I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of their creation that they didn't put their name on it! (uncountable) The act of creation. The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services. (uncountable) All which exists Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.       creeper noun  Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping a person who crawls or creeps along the ground a device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position (nautical) a small, four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed       crew cut noun  a closely-cropped male haircut       crewel noun  Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.       crewelwork noun  embroidery made using a crewel       crew neck noun  Any garment with a crew neck. adjective  Referring to the collar of pullover garments, where the collar circles the neck, usually of sweaters and T-shirts. Often crew necked. Occasionally, a collar whose front is meant to ride up onto the neck, sometimes to Adam's apple level, more often termed as high crew.       crimp noun  A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts. The strap was held together by a simple metal . (obsolete): A coal broker. Provincial England (obsolete): One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. (obsolete): A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. (usually in plural): A hairstyle which has been crimped, or shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks. (obsolete): A game at cards. verb  To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened. He crimped the wire in place. To style hair into a crimp. adjective  (obsolete): Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. (obsolete): Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.       crinoline noun  A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair A stiff petticoat made from this fabric A skirt stiffened with hoops       crochet noun  needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle verb  to make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle, to make interlocking loops of thread.       crocodile noun  Any of a variety of related predatory amphibious reptiles, related to the alligator. A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.       crop noun  A plant, especially a cereal, grown for food. The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants. A group, cluster or collection of things occuring at the same time. a crop of idea The lashing end of a whip An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop. A rocky outcrop. The act of Verb, cropping. A short haircut. (archaic, or, dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree. (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw. 1892: The bird gave a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its . " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" (Norton 2005 p.221) (architecture) the foliate part of a finial. verb (crop, p, ed) (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant. (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short. (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photography or image in order to frame the subject better.       crotch noun  The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place. There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree. (slang) The (ventral) area of a person"s body where the legs fork from the trunk. He was kicked in his crotch.       cuban heel noun Cuban heel a relatively low style of high heels, high heel shoe, shoes, characterised by a slightly tapered back and a straight front. a type of heel used for men's boots similar to the heel on cowboy boots. women's sheer stockings or pantyhose with a prominent heel reinforcement.       culottes noun (culottes) a divided skirt       cummerbund noun  A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.       cup noun  A concave vessel for holding liquid, generally adorned with either a handle or a stem (confer goblet, glass.) Pour the wine into the . A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup. The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament. A contest for which a cup is awarded. The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event. (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole. The ball just misses the . A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. Players of contact sports are advised to wear a . One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast. The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material. (mathematics) The symbol <math>\cup</math> denoting union and similar operations (confer cap.) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit. (ultimate frisbee) A defense, defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players. A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup.)       curling iron noun (wikipedia, hair iron) a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair       cushion noun  A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact. (context, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back. verb  to provide a soft pillow cushion to absorb or deaden the impact of something       cutaway noun  (Television) a cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction adjective  (3D graphics) having selectively removed surface elements of a three-dimensional model that make internal features visible, but without sacrificing the outer context entirely       cypress noun (plural: cypresses) An evergreen coniferous tree with flatterned shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning.       Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550100250500 results per page.

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