ten-mile cloth

ten-mile cloth
 n.β€” Β«Blaze orange, also known as hunter orange, safety orange, fluorescent orange or 10-mile cloth, is readily available in a variety of clothing, caps and hats, through sporting goods and hunting supply stores, as well as general retailers.Β» β€”by State officials urge caution in hunting season BlueRidgeNow.com (Hendersonville, North Carolina) Nov. 23, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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