/ham"euhr klawth', -kloth'/ , n. , pl. hammercloths /-klawdhz', -klodhz', -klawths', -kloths'/ .
a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.
[ 1425-75; late ME hamerclothe, dissimilated var. of * hamelcloth home-woven cloth, equiv. to hamel domestic (akin to ON heimili homestead) + cloth ( e ) CLOTH ]