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Brewer's: Covers were laid for
... Dinner was provided for. ... A cover (couvert) in French means knife, fork, spoon, and napkin. Hence, mettre le couvert, to lay the cloth; and lever (or ôter) le couvert, to clear it away.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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