Hām'mer-clōth, n.
The cloth which covers a coach-box, so called either from the old practice of carrying a hammer, nails, &c., in a pocket hid by this cloth, or as being a corruption of armor, hammock, or hamper-cloth. Pegge.
The cloth which covers a coach-box, so called either from the old practice of carrying a hammer, nails, &c., in a pocket hid by this cloth, or as being a corruption of armor, hammock, or hamper-cloth. Pegge.