bordcloth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bord cloth, bordeclath, bordeclothe, boordclothe, bord cloð, burde clath

Etymology

Inherited from Old English bordclāþ; equivalent to bord +‎ cloth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːrdklɔːθ/, /ˈbɔrdklɔːθ/

Noun

bordcloth (plural bordclothes)

1. tablecloth (cloth covering a dinner table)
2. (rare) A cloth sitting on an altar

Descendants

• English: boardcloth (obsolete)

References

• “bō̆rd-clōth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-03.