ῥάκους [2 verses](noun sg neut gen) "Cloth" is rhakos, which means "ragged, tattered garment," "rags," "tatters," "strip of cloth," "strip of flesh," "rents in the face," "wrinkles," and is a metaphor for "rag," and "remnant." -- The word translated as "cloth" really means a "rag" or "tatter." This is a negative description of the patch and cannot be taken otherwise in an honest translation.