Greencloth

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Greencloth \Green"cloth`\ (-kl[o^]th`; 115), n.
     A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting
     house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the
     lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of
     matters of justice in the household, with power to correct
     offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace,


     which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.
     [1913 Webster]