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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A piece of cloth, usually of linen damask, used to cover a tray upon which dishes of food are carried.

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Examples

  • Here he made them sit and set before them a scarlet tray-cloth of goodly workmanship and unique handiwork, wroughten in gold with figures of breaker and broken, lover and beloved, asker and asked, whereon he ranged precious vessels of porcelain and crystal, full of the costliest confections, fruits and flowers, and brought them a flagon of old Greek wine.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The tray, the dishes, the tray-cloth, should be spotlessly clean, and the tray should not be over-loaded with dishes or food.

    Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918

  • "There's the tray-cloth for Mother, which I worked at school," she said.

    The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life Angela Brazil 1907

  • Have a clean tray-cloth laid smoothly over the tray; let the spoons, tumblers, cups and saucers, &c., be very clean and bright.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • Have a clean tray-cloth laid smoothly over the tray; let the spoons, tumblers, cups and saucers, &c., be very clean and bright.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • Here he made them sit and set before them a scarlet tray-cloth of goodly workmanship and unique handiwork, wroughten in gold with figures of breaker and broken, lover and beloved, asker and asked, whereon he ranged precious vessels of porcelain and crystal, full of the costliest confections, fruits and flowers, and brought them a flagon of old

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Also do thou make of his guts strings for bows and of his gullet a conduit for the terrace-roof and of his skin a tray-cloth and of his plumage cushions and pillows. "

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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