Board of Green Cloth

English

Etymology

Named from the tablecloth of green baize that covered the table at which its members sat.

Proper noun

the Board of Green Cloth

1. (UK, historical) A board of officials responsible for auditing the accounts of the royal household, making royal travel arrangements, and sitting as a court upon offences committed within the verge of the palace. More recently its jurisdiction was limited to alcohol sales and gambling licences, and it was abolished in 2004.