Definition of "table service" []

• Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Then the portress stood up and proceeded to remove the table service and the remnants of the banquet; and renewed the pastiles and cleared the middle of the saloon."
• "The table service was entirely of gold -- the celebrated set of the house of Savoy -- and behind the chair of each guest stood a servant in powdered wig and gorgeous livery of red plush."
• "Willis gifted Laura not only an expensive wedding ring and precious gold lavalieres, but a honeymoon by train to Chicago, where Willis bought his new wife a dining room suite and a table service for twelve of pure white Haviland china."