Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cloth in which bread was carried in order that it might not be touched by the hands.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands.
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