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drop leaf

noun

, Furniture.
  1. a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.


drop leaf

noun

    1. a hinged flap on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket or additional pivoted leg to extend the surface
    2. ( as modifier )

      a drop-leaf table

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • drop-leaf adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drop leaf1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

We had a large dining room table, a cherry drop leaf, that would seat ten.

At the Allisons house the driver took on a kitchen table with one drop-leaf gone and the other hanging by one hinge.

Fig. 48 is the end view of a kitchen table with drop leaf, showing the skirting board scribed to the solid side.

It should be observed in the latter figure that the edge A of the drop leaf is in alignment with the axis of the hinge.

The small portion is screwed to the table rail and the shaped bracket swings out to support the drop leaf.

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