Board of Green Cloth (English, name)
expansion: the Board of Green Cloth
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: UK
historical
Forms:
form: the Board of Green Cloth
tags: canonical