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slip-cloth
Also slip cloth.
1. A coat used to protect a coursing-dog while in the slips.
1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rur. Sports i. iii. vii. 200/2 These particular patterns are called ‘slip cloths’. [Description follows.]
2. A narrow cloth used to protect a table-cloth, table, or side-board.
1889‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 209 They dine on the table with slip-cloths. 1899Daily News 23 Dec. 6/2 Then on the white slip cloths the dishes can be laid. |