Board of Green Cloth

proper noun

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.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Board of Green Cloth
  1. UKhistoricalA 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.

Origin

Named from the tablecloth of green baize that covered the table at which its members sat.

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Board of Green Cloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Board%20of%20Green%20Cloth

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“Board of Green Cloth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Board%20of%20Green%20Cloth. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Board of Green Cloth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Board%20of%20Green%20Cloth.

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