Mess Cloth
Naval
A sailor's table-cloth--a tarpaulin spread on the deck and designed to protect the latter from contact with the seamen's tin plates, cups, etc, as well as the spillings from the same.
A sailor's table-cloth--a tarpaulin spread on the deck and designed to protect the latter from contact with the seamen's tin plates, cups, etc, as well as the spillings from the same.