[f. COVER sb. + CLOTH.] A cloth used as a cover, a cloth covering.
1599. Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees), II. 336. iiij pare of lynen sheates … xiiij new coverclothes, in a troncke.
1660. Fisher, Rusticks Alarm, Wks. (1679), 402. They who thou begin’st to lash … in thy Latine Cover-Cloath.
1882. Caulfeild & Saward, Dict. Needlework, V. 392/1. All these Pillows, before they are finished, are covered with three cloths, known as Cover Cloths, which are used to keep the lace clean while in progress.
