The principle covering for books: since the mid nineteenth century most publishers have issued books in cloth (original cloth); books which have been re-bound are described as being in binder's cloth or specifically, library cloth The cloth used may be linen, cotton or silk
Woven fabric, finished in various ways; used with binder boards to make cases to top
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others
widely used as a covering material since about 1830: original cloth is that commissioned by the publisher - binder's cloth a rebinding