Editing Textile (section)

=== Cloth ===
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Cloth Merchant's Shop - Basarat.jpg|thumb|right|Cloth merchant's shop]]
[[File:Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln, England - DSCF1759.JPG|thumb|right|A replica [[Draper|draper's shop]] at the [[Museum of Lincolnshire Life]], Lincoln, England]]
Cloth is a flexible substance typically created through the processes of weaving, felting, or knitting using natural or synthetic materials.<ref name="Cloth-2012">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cloth |dictionary=Merriam-Webster |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloth |access-date=2012-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606071507/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloth |archive-date=2012-06-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> The word 'cloth' derives from the [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|clað}}, meaning "a cloth, woven, or felted material to wrap around one's body', from the [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] {{lang|gem|klaithaz}}, similar to the [[Old Frisian language|Old Frisian]] {{lang|ofs|klath}}, the [[Middle Dutch]] {{lang|dum|cleet}}, the [[Middle High German]] {{lang|gmh|kleit}} and the German {{lang|de|kleid}}, all meaning 'garment'.<ref>{{OEtymD|cloth|access-date=2012-12-11}}</ref>

Although cloth is a type of fabric, not all fabrics can be classified as cloth due to differences in their manufacturing processes, physical properties, and intended uses. Materials that are woven, knitted, tufted, or knotted from yarns are referred to as cloth, while wallpaper, plastic upholstery products, carpets, and nonwoven materials are examples of fabrics.{{sfn|Smith|1982|p=207}}