green clothn.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːn ˌklɒθ/, U.S.

/ˈɡrin ˌklɔθ/,

/ˈɡrin ˌklɑθ/

Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and cloth n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., cloth n.

Etymology: < green adj. + cloth n.In sense 1, so called on account of the green-covered table at which the department's business was originally transacted; compare post-classical Latin Pannus Viridis Lord Steward's Department (c1472 in a British source).

1. Frequently with capital initials. The counting house, formerly a department of the British royal household consisting of the Lord Steward and his subordinates, with control of various matters of law and finance within the household. In later use chiefly in Board of Green Cloth. Now historical.Although the Board of Green Cloth existed until 2004, its jurisdiction was in recent times limited to liquor, betting, and gaming licences for premises within the areas governed by the Royal palaces. The Board was abolished in the reform of local government brought about by the Licensing Act 2003 (section 195).

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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > cloth

green cloth1449

greenfielda1483

society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief > in royal household > department of

green cloth1449

Master of the Great Wardrobe1704

1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §53. m. 16 The graunte..made by us by oure lettres patentz to John Parke, oon of oure clerkes of oure grenecloth.

1536 in Gentleman's Mag. (1813) May 427 Thomas Hatterlyf and Edwarde Weldon, clerks of the greenclothe.

1539 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 228 Calling unto them the Cofferer, Clerke of the Greencloth, and one of the Clerkes-Comptrollers.

a1626 F. Bacon Speech Purveyors in Resuscitatio (1657) 7 As to the Court, of the Green-Cloth, ordained, for the Provision, of your Majesties most Honourable Houshold, we hold it Ancient, we hold it Reverent.

1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James (1673) 428 The Green cloth (a Court only intending Provision and Carriages).

1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 489 Mr. comptroller has complained to the green cloth against Mr. Story for keeping musick and revelling in his house on the fast day.

1697 in M. Prior State-poems 61 To cheat the King he has left off being brave, From Captain turn'd a formal Green-cloth Knave.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Green-Cloth, or Counting-House of the King's Houshold, is so called, because the Table stands always covered with a Green-Cloth.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 11 Aug. (1948) I. 330 I dined to-day at the green-cloth.

1774 Folly 3 Attorney-general sounds but somewhat queer, And board of green-cloth strangely grates the ear.

1849 T. Lewin Minotaur! i. 17 Hoist up—an order from the green cloth board,—To rake old Albion out for costermongers.

1895 Whitaker's Almanack 92 Lord Steward's Department. Board of Green Cloth, Buckingham Palace.

1897 Daily News 2 Feb. 7/4 The Board of Green Cloth..pointed out that complimentary orders did not entitle the trade to the use of the Royal arms.

1917 Eng. Hist. Rev. 32 351 A clerk of the household who had received his financial training as one of the clerks of the compting house or board of green cloth.

1923 Times 8 Jan. 13/2 Mr. George Augustus Courroux, C.V.O., the last to hold the office of secretary to the Board of Green Cloth, the department of the Master of the Household at Buckingham Palace.

1998 Daily Tel. 26 Dec. 27/4 His wife was the daughter of Edward Smyth, of Mitcham, Surrey, Clerk of the Green Cloth to Queen Elizabeth.

2. colloquial. The cloth covering the surface of a billiard or gaming table; (also punningly board of green cloth) the table itself. Cf. green baize n.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > table

billiard board1583

billiard-table1641

pool table1860

green cloth1891

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester i. 23 The form of a Billiard-Table is oblong... The superficies of the Table must be covered with green-cloth.

1780 Town & Country Mag. Oct. 507/2 He was a tolerable good billiard player, and devoted most of his leisure hours to the board of green cloth.

1800 J. H. Castera Life Catharine II (ed. 4) III. xv. 160 It is the custom in Russia, when playing at whist, instead of markers, to use pieces of chalk in a little case of silver or ivory, with which the amount of the game is scored in figures on the green cloth.

1824 S. Green Sc. Novel Reading II. xi. 236 I must look to the board of green cloth to save me from poverty... The board of green cloth that I mean, is that whereon we play at cards and dice.

1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. ii. 28 Trying..his fortune at ‘the board of green cloth’.

1891 Rev. of Reviews July 24 Gambling on the green cloth.

1912 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Red Hand of Ulster xix. 184 They [sc. the cards] jumped out of the player's hand and obstinately declared that the green cloth was a real battlefield.

1922 Times 7 Feb. 13/4 The little dry scraping sound of the inexorable rakes on the green cloth, the rattle of counters being taken up.

2006 J. Wenzel Everything Texas Hold'em Bk. xiv. 221 Develop a feel for the game and the players you stare down around the green cloth.

†3. A kind of linen. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > other

lewyn1360

crest-clothc1430

homplec1450

busk1458

kreyscloth1507

middlegood1567

botano1604

Britannias1699

green cloth1700

tandem1747

Russia sheeting1749

damassé1864

1700 J. Stevens tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. xxi. 118 Methinks the Glass Necklaces she should wear are turn'd to rich Coral, and her coarse green Cloth of Cuenca to a thirty piled Velvet.

1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) III. 294 Here is..a Manufacture of Linnen, as there is upon all the Coast of Fife, and especially for Green-cloth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	green cloth
释义	green clothn. Brit. /ˈɡriːn ˌklɒθ/, U.S. /ˈɡrin ˌklɔθ/, /ˈɡrin ˌklɑθ/ Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and cloth n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., cloth n. Etymology: < green adj. + cloth n.In sense 1, so called on account of the green-covered table at which the department's business was originally transacted; compare post-classical Latin Pannus Viridis Lord Steward's Department (c1472 in a British source). 1. Frequently with capital initials. The counting house, formerly a department of the British royal household consisting of the Lord Steward and his subordinates, with control of various matters of law and finance within the household. In later use chiefly in Board of Green Cloth. Now historical.Although the Board of Green Cloth existed until 2004, its jurisdiction was in recent times limited to liquor, betting, and gaming licences for premises within the areas governed by the Royal palaces. The Board was abolished in the reform of local government brought about by the Licensing Act 2003 (section 195). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > cloth green cloth1449 greenfielda1483 society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > chief > in royal household > department of green cloth1449 Master of the Great Wardrobe1704 1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §53. m. 16 The graunte..made by us by oure lettres patentz to John Parke, oon of oure clerkes of oure grenecloth. 1536 in Gentleman's Mag. (1813) May 427 Thomas Hatterlyf and Edwarde Weldon, clerks of the greenclothe. 1539 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 228 Calling unto them the Cofferer, Clerke of the Greencloth, and one of the Clerkes-Comptrollers. a1626 F. Bacon Speech Purveyors in Resuscitatio (1657) 7 As to the Court, of the Green-Cloth, ordained, for the Provision, of your Majesties most Honourable Houshold, we hold it Ancient, we hold it Reverent. 1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James (1673) 428 The Green cloth (a Court only intending Provision and Carriages). 1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 489 Mr. comptroller has complained to the green cloth against Mr. Story for keeping musick and revelling in his house on the fast day. 1697 in M. Prior State-poems 61 To cheat the King he has left off being brave, From Captain turn'd a formal Green-cloth Knave. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Green-Cloth, or Counting-House of the King's Houshold, is so called, because the Table stands always covered with a Green-Cloth. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 11 Aug. (1948) I. 330 I dined to-day at the green-cloth. 1774 Folly 3 Attorney-general sounds but somewhat queer, And board of green-cloth strangely grates the ear. 1849 T. Lewin Minotaur! i. 17 Hoist up—an order from the green cloth board,—To rake old Albion out for costermongers. 1895 Whitaker's Almanack 92 Lord Steward's Department. Board of Green Cloth, Buckingham Palace. 1897 Daily News 2 Feb. 7/4 The Board of Green Cloth..pointed out that complimentary orders did not entitle the trade to the use of the Royal arms. 1917 Eng. Hist. Rev. 32 351 A clerk of the household who had received his financial training as one of the clerks of the compting house or board of green cloth. 1923 Times 8 Jan. 13/2 Mr. George Augustus Courroux, C.V.O., the last to hold the office of secretary to the Board of Green Cloth, the department of the Master of the Household at Buckingham Palace. 1998 Daily Tel. 26 Dec. 27/4 His wife was the daughter of Edward Smyth, of Mitcham, Surrey, Clerk of the Green Cloth to Queen Elizabeth. 2. colloquial. The cloth covering the surface of a billiard or gaming table; (also punningly board of green cloth) the table itself. Cf. green baize n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > table billiard board1583 billiard-table1641 pool table1860 green cloth1891 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester i. 23 The form of a Billiard-Table is oblong... The superficies of the Table must be covered with green-cloth. 1780 Town & Country Mag. Oct. 507/2 He was a tolerable good billiard player, and devoted most of his leisure hours to the board of green cloth. 1800 J. H. Castera Life Catharine II (ed. 4) III. xv. 160 It is the custom in Russia, when playing at whist, instead of markers, to use pieces of chalk in a little case of silver or ivory, with which the amount of the game is scored in figures on the green cloth. 1824 S. Green Sc. Novel Reading II. xi. 236 I must look to the board of green cloth to save me from poverty... The board of green cloth that I mean, is that whereon we play at cards and dice. 1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. ii. 28 Trying..his fortune at ‘the board of green cloth’. 1891 Rev. of Reviews July 24 Gambling on the green cloth. 1912 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Red Hand of Ulster xix. 184 They [sc. the cards] jumped out of the player's hand and obstinately declared that the green cloth was a real battlefield. 1922 Times 7 Feb. 13/4 The little dry scraping sound of the inexorable rakes on the green cloth, the rattle of counters being taken up. 2006 J. Wenzel Everything Texas Hold'em Bk. xiv. 221 Develop a feel for the game and the players you stare down around the green cloth. †3. A kind of linen. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > other lewyn1360 crest-clothc1430 homplec1450 busk1458 kreyscloth1507 middlegood1567 botano1604 Britannias1699 green cloth1700 tandem1747 Russia sheeting1749 damassé1864 1700 J. Stevens tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. xxi. 118 Methinks the Glass Necklaces she should wear are turn'd to rich Coral, and her coarse green Cloth of Cuenca to a thirty piled Velvet. 1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) III. 294 Here is..a Manufacture of Linnen, as there is upon all the Coast of Fife, and especially for Green-cloth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1449
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