Oilcloth - What does it mean?
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A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.
* 1969' — Ignatius pounded a paw into the '''oilcloth on the kitchen table. — , ''A Confederacy of Dunces , Chapter 9, Page 224
* 1995:' When the Lincolns moved into the White House, it was not furnished, there was '''oilcloth on the floor in the State Rooms because of the overflow from the spittoons. - , ''Barbara Bush: A Memoir , p.346.
* cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering floors, etc. - Webster, 1913
