tablecloth

tablecloth
/tay"beuhl klawth', -kloth'/, n., pl. tablecloths /-klawdhz', -klodhz', -klawths', -kloths'/.
a cloth for covering the top of a table, esp. during a meal.
[1425-75; late ME; see TABLE, CLOTH]

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