Word.ws English Dictionary

draws the cloth

draws the cloth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of draw the cloth.

Meaning of draw the cloth

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)

  1. (archaic) To clear the table after a meal.
    • 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.1855, Susanna Moodie, Geoffrey Moncton, page 327

Questions about draws the cloth

What is draws the cloth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Draws the cloth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of draw the cloth.

Words near draws the cloth in the dictionary

  1. draws one's horns in
  2. draws one's last breath
  3. draws out
  4. draws rein
  5. draws stumps
  6. draws the cloth
  7. draws the line
  8. draws the long bow
  9. draws the short straw
  10. draws through
  11. draws to a close

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: draws the cloth (page history and authors); draw the cloth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “draws the cloth.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/draws_the_cloth. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.