† ˈboard-cloth Obs. or north dial.
Also 5 borclothe.
A cloth used to cover a table, a table cloth.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Hire bord cloðes ben makede wite. 1411 E.E. Wills (1882) 19 A boorde cloþe with .ij. towelles of deuaunt. c 1505 Dunbar Flyting 206 Thy burd claith neidis no spredding. 1552 Huloet, Bourde cloth, or carpet. 1839 Cumberld. & Westmoreld. Dialogues 13 Spin tow for bord claiths en sheets. |