bridge cloth

noun

1. a tablecloth for a bridge table.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bridge cloth¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

“Let go your topgallant bowline, and lee sheet and halliards,” he roared out, holding on with both hands to the rail and bending over the bridge cloth as he shouted to the men forward who had tumbled out of the forecastle on the boatswain’s warning hail.

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