Board of Green Cloth
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named from the tablecloth of green baize that covered the table at which its members sat.
Proper noun[edit]
- (UK, historical) A board of officials responsible for auditing the accounts of the royal household, making royal travel arrangements, and sitting as a court upon offences committed within the verge of the palace. More recently its jurisdiction was limited to alcohol sales and gambling licences, and it was abolished in 2004.