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countable and uncountable, plural oilcloths
A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering. quotations examples
Ignatius pounded a paw into the oilcloth on the kitchen table.
a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, chapter 9, in A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, page 184
When the Lincolns moved into the White House, it was not furnished, there was oilcloth on the floor in the State Rooms because of the overflow from the spittoons.
1995, Barbara Bush, Barbara Bush: A Memoir, page 346