"draw the cloth" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "set the table"
    },
    {
      "word": "lay the table"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "draws the cloth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drawing the cloth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drew the cloth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drawn the cloth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "draw<,,drew,drawn> the cloth"
      },
      "expansion": "draw the cloth (third-person singular simple present draws the cloth, present participle drawing the cloth, simple past drew the cloth, past participle drawn the cloth)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1855, Susanna Moodie, Geoffrey Moncton, page 327:",
          "text": "The silence of our meal was alone broken by the dull clattering of knives and forks, and the tinkling of the bell to summon the brisk waiter to bring wine and draw the cloth.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Patrick O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral, page 174:",
          "text": "At last, when the cloth had been drawn and the King's health drunk in a glass of port suited to a very young head, they took their coffee and ratafia biscuits (the sea-going equivalent of petits fours) in the great cabin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clear the table after a meal."
      ],
      "id": "en-draw_the_cloth-en-verb-gGE4y~5U",
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "table",
          "table"
        ],
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To clear the table after a meal."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clear the table"
        },
        {
          "word": "unset the table"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "draw the cloth"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "set the table"
    },
    {
      "word": "lay the table"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "draws the cloth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drawing the cloth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drew the cloth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drawn the cloth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "draw<,,drew,drawn> the cloth"
      },
      "expansion": "draw the cloth (third-person singular simple present draws the cloth, present participle drawing the cloth, simple past drew the cloth, past participle drawn the cloth)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1855, Susanna Moodie, Geoffrey Moncton, page 327:",
          "text": "The silence of our meal was alone broken by the dull clattering of knives and forks, and the tinkling of the bell to summon the brisk waiter to bring wine and draw the cloth.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Patrick O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral, page 174:",
          "text": "At last, when the cloth had been drawn and the King's health drunk in a glass of port suited to a very young head, they took their coffee and ratafia biscuits (the sea-going equivalent of petits fours) in the great cabin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clear the table after a meal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "table",
          "table"
        ],
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To clear the table after a meal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "clear the table"
    },
    {
      "word": "unset the table"
    }
  ],
  "word": "draw the cloth"
}