Overcloth

His features, with the large overcloth or gown thrown over his shoulders, gave him rather the appearance of an Arab Fellatah Sheik, than that of a Grebo chief.

Indoors the Naváiyat women wear the robe like other Musalmán women and a bodice with short sleeves and a back. Out of doors they use wooden shoes like those worn by Hindu sanyásis or ascetics, and a checked overcloth which covers their head and the whole body like a veil and cloak.[…]Neither Dáldi, Kákar, Sidi, nor Mápilla women wear the overcloth when they go out-of-doors.

"Why you wear your cloth—so?" he asked in a low monotone, fixing her with a look that permitted no prevarication and indicating her unusual method of fastening her overcloth over her shoulders instead of under the arms.

A further essential part of the costume is a long cloth known as the mulembo, which is wrapped around the waist as an overcloth.

the lambu: With three twenty-five-paisa coins you could even buy enough—you could go and get twenty-two skeins and then go ahead and weave the long white overclothes for a man. You could get enough to weave even a ten-hand-long men’s overcloth. I know; it used to be that way in my own lifetime. / nhanu: You used to be able to get twelve skeins of silk thread for one half-rupee coin. Other kinds—you could get a skein for only an anna. At that price, I wove at least two women’s long, plaid overcloths—maybe more.

Panuli Devi stands out as the mother of the bride in her bright green sari and an orange overcloth with red polka dots, fringed with gold tassels, worn only at family weddings and ceremonies.

Then around 4000 militants in four coloured overclothes, as 1000 in red overcloth, 1000 in black overcloth, 1000 in white overcloth and the last 1000 in dappled overcloth, give guard of honour to the King at the premises of the Eastern Palace with the songs of 400 well-trained musicians with all organs and instruments.

Undercloth or table cloth Most restaurants now use a base cloth which covers the table. This is overlayed by a smaller table cloth called ‘overcloth’, ‘slip cloth’, or ‘napperons’. The overcloth is laid diagonally over the undercloth, and they are usually of contrasting colours. /[…]/ Using an undercloth has the following advantages. / 1. The steward is required to change only the overcloth after a guest or a group of guests leaves. Since the overcloth is small, the cost of laundering is reduced. / 2. Changing a soiled overcloth when the guest is seated is easier than changing a single table cloth without exposing the table surface to the guest.