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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cover claith, cloth, n. [e.m.E. cover cloth (1599).] A cloth used for covering a table, etc. —1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII. 209.
My lang meit burd … with the couer clayth to the burde 1633 Elgin Rec. II. 225.
Tuo communioun cupis with tuo table clothis and tuo couer clothis 1638 Elphinstone Mun. 26.
Ane camrok covir claithe sew[it] with gold
