DCHP-2

face cloth face-cloth, facecloth DCHP-2 (May 2016)

• n.

  a small piece of cloth for washing one's face and hands (see Image 1).

  Type: 5. Frequency — There are a number of variant names for this item in Canada, e.g. wash cloth, wash rag, etc., some of which are of higher frequency than face cloth. Face cloth, however, is more frequently used in Canada than in other dialects, although only by a small margin compared to Ireland (see Chart 1). In the North American context, face cloth takes on a Canadian dimension. There is a low US count (see Chart 1), which is regionally centred, apart from the South, in the Northeast (see DARE). It is possible that face cloth 'wash cloth' is the result of a preservation in Canada, i.e. a New England, mid-Atlantic term in Canada, in like manner as positive anymore.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "face cloth", which is marked "Cdn & Brit", Gage-1, s.v. "face cloth", ITP Nelson, s.v. "facecloth", and OED-3, s.v. "face cloth", DARE, s.v. "facecloth"

  See also: anymore