greencloth

greencloth
greenˈcloth noun
1. A gaming-table (informal)
2. A department of the royal household chiefly concerned with the commissariat (from the green cloth on the table round which its officials sat)
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Main Entry: ↑green

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  • Greencloth — Green cloth ( kl[o^]th ; 115), n. A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign s household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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