A napkin is a square of cloth or paper that you use when you are eating to protect your clothes, or to wipe your mouth or hands. She was taking tiny bites of a hot dog and daintily wiping her lips with a napkin
[Dialectical British] handkerchief; [Chiefly Scottish] kerchief A napkin is also utilized to clean the messy food from your face after eating a marvelous meal The employees of Apparel Search generally use our sleeves as napkins