He underwent a treatment developed by an Australian nun named Sister Elizabeth Kenny that consisted of "hot, steamed, woolen cloth over your body" and physical therapy.

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There was a measure to the man in the hooded coat, old stooped body, face framed in monkish cloth, a history, a faded drama.

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The reason was simple, if a tribunal was to be established from whole cloth, without an existing body of law, the sanction of world approval and participation was essential.

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After his death, his body was burned, the bones wrapped in cloth and transported in an urn. 2, 800 years later, the remnants of that urn and cloth were discovered by modern-day researchers in Denmark.

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Some Christians believe the shroud, which appears to bear the imprint of a man's body, to be Jesus Christ's burial cloth.

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Ms Pape's tribal garment has red cloth filled with feather-covered balls extruding body parts and surrounded by insects.

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On his chest leans another body, its head covered in a khaki-colored cloth.

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Some nice touches include body-colored door panel inserts, smooth painted surfaces where most cars have cloth, vinyl or leather surfaces.

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The body of K. K. Harouni lay on the floor, wrapped in a white cloth, his jaw bound closed with a white bandage, the knot tied jauntily near one ear.

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