Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cloth, chiefly of a stout kind of damask, laid under a table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean. It is often made to extend over the greater part of a dining-room floor.
  • noun A stout kind of damask used for stair-coverings.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A cloth laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean.

Etymologies

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crumb +‎ cloth

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