English-German translations for whole cloth

• frei erfunden

Definition of whole cloth

• A newly made textile which has not yet been cut
• Something made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else
• in full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions

Examples

• Mr. Does account of the accident was made from whole cloth.
• The plans for the widget were drawn from whole cloth.

Related words

• whole
• wholesaler
• unwholesome
• wholesale
• wholesome
• wholegrain
• wholeness
• wholeheartedly
• wholehearted
• wholemeal