draw the cloth

English

Verb

draw the cloth (third-person singular simple present draws the cloth, present participle drawing the cloth, simple past drew the cloth, past participle drawn the cloth)

(archaic) To clear the table after a meal.
- 1855, Susanna Moodie, Geoffrey Moncton, page 327:
  The silence of our meal was alone broken by the dull clattering of knives and forks, and the tinkling of the bell to summon the brisk waiter to bring wine and draw the cloth.
- 1996, Patrick O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral, page 174:
  At last, when the cloth had been drawn and the King's health drunk in a glass of port suited to a very young head, they took their coffee and ratafia biscuits (the sea-going equivalent of petits fours) in the great cabin.

Synonyms

clear the table
unset the table

Antonyms

set the table
lay the table

单词	draw the cloth
释义	draw the cloth English Verb draw the cloth (third-person singular simple present draws the cloth, present participle drawing the cloth, simple past drew the cloth, past participle drawn the cloth) (archaic) To clear the table after a meal. 1855, Susanna Moodie, Geoffrey Moncton, page 327: The silence of our meal was alone broken by the dull clattering of knives and forks, and the tinkling of the bell to summon the brisk waiter to bring wine and draw the cloth. 1996, Patrick O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral, page 174: At last, when the cloth had been drawn and the King's health drunk in a glass of port suited to a very young head, they took their coffee and ratafia biscuits (the sea-going equivalent of petits fours) in the great cabin. Synonyms clear the table unset the table Antonyms set the table lay the table
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