table-cover

Little Mrs. Rosa started up too on her sofa, clutching hold of the table-cover with her lean hand, and the two red spots on her cheeks burning more fiercely than ever.

The Newcomes 2006

He stumblingly lugged a heavy pile of dishes from the center-table to the kitchen, shook and beat and folded the table-cover, stuck the chairs atop the table, and began to sweep.

Our Mr. Wrenn 2004

Heinrich Krafft, the hero of the episode lay on the short, uncomfortable sofa, with the table-cover for a blanket.

Maurice Guest 2003

East had remained lying down until Tom finished speaking, as if fearing to interrupt him; he now sat up at the table, and leant his head on one hand, taking up a pencil with the other, and working little holes with it in the table-cover.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

He saw the face of the girl grow white as the table-cover, he saw the lurking laughter die in her eyes, and the purple black terror dilating the pupils.

The Crimson Blind

A bright fire was blazing, lighting up the crimson carpet and curtains, and sparkling on the snowy table-cover, where preparations for such a tea were made as Arthur was usually at this time prepared to appreciate.

Left at Home or, The Heart's Resting Place Mary L. Code

Below the resolutions, on the little table covered with an old-fashioned crocheted cotton table-cover, lay Stephen's Bible, worn, marked, soft with use.

The Witness Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

The table, after being drawn out to its proper length, should be covered with a cotton-flannel tablecloth -- white, if the table-cover is the ordinary damask; red, if the open work table-cover is to be used.

Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

Indeed, it soon became necessary to extinguish Mr. Bowles, and to that end the young gentlemen rolled him up in the table-cover, and put him carefully away in a corner, where he soon went into a sound sleep, and remained until his master woke him up on the following morning.

The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family A. R. [Illustrator] Waud

"It's rather a mess, isn't it?" remarked Austin, folding a red table-cover round his single leg by way of counterpane.

Austin and His Friends Frederic H. Balfour