traycloth
English
Etymology
From tray + cloth.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪklɒθ/
Noun
traycloth (plural traycloths)
- A cloth laid across a tray on which to serve dishes, food etc.
- 1983, Angela Carter, ‘Sugar Daddy’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 31:
- He'd bring her dinner on a tray with always a slightly soiled traycloth.
- 1983, Angela Carter, ‘Sugar Daddy’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 31: