charcloth
English
Etymology
char
+
cloth
Noun
charcloth
(
uncountable
)
A
swatch
of
fabric
made from
vegetable
fibre
(such as
linen
or
cotton
) that has been converted via
pyrolysis
into a slow-burning
fuel
of very low
ignition
temperature
, historically used as
tinder
.
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