"table-linen" meaning in English

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          "text": "Upwards of 300 persons are employed in weaving table-linens and table-covers, consisting of cotton and worsted, for Dunfermline, where they get their webs ready for the loom.",
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          "ref": "1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 61:",
          "text": "Her father insisted upon her undivided attention while Mrs. Elliott selected table-linen, bed-linen, towels, and other household fittings; […]",
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