a sample of the cloth

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

sample Noun

— A sample is a small amount of something to try or test it. The nurse took a small blood sample. The data come from a study of a random sample of adult (aged 15 and over) deaths.

sample Verb

— If you sample something, you try or test a small amount of it. After sampling each of the wines, she bought the one she liked best.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

cloth Noun

— Cloth is a thin, flat material, often made from cotton or polyester. — A cloth is a piece of cloth, usually for cleaning things. The person used a wet cloth to wash the table.