tablecloth

[ tey-buh l-klawth, -kloth ]

/ ˈteɪ bəlˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

a cloth for covering the top of a table, especially during a meal.

Origin of tablecloth

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at table, cloth

Just then there was a rustling under the table and Jackson lifted the tablecloth.

My Surreal Night With Michael Jackson |Abby Ellin |July 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Just then there was a rustling under the table and Jackson lifted the tablecloth and peered underneath.

My Surreal Night With Michael Jackson |Abby Ellin |July 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
If you put the mat outside the door, he tore the corner of the tablecloth.

Dew Drops Vol. 37. No. 17, April 26, 1914 |Various
A guest helps himself with his fingers and lays the roll or bread on the tablecloth, always.

Etiquette |Emily Post

You are a cheat, North Wind; you have taken back your tablecloth.

Classic Myths |Mary Catherine Judd
At that moment Ivan Ilyitch spluttered so that a great dab of saliva flew on to the tablecloth in a most conspicuous place.

Short Stories |Fiodor Dostoievski
It is pretty generally known that there is a “tablecloth” at Capetown.

Six Months at the Cape |R.M. Ballantyne

tablecloth

/ (ˈteɪbəlˌklɒθ) /

a cloth for covering the top of a table, esp during meals