gate-leg table

or gate-legged table

[ geyt-leg ]

noun

1. a table having drop leaves supported by gate legs.

gate-leg table

noun

1. a table with one or two drop leaves that are supported when in use by a hinged leg swung out from the frame

Word History and Origins

Origin of gate-leg table¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

A solid mahogany gate-leg table was knocked down to Anne for fourteen dollars and a half.

From Project Gutenberg

A space designed for a young woman in a small apartment might feature a gate-leg table and chairs that can be hung on the wall; for a single parent, the store will show toy storage that is accessible to kids but can be easily stowed when there are adult visitors.

From Time Magazine Archive

THE flap of the gate-leg table creaked under Jan's weight, but she dug her heels into the rug and balanced, for she felt incapable of moving.

From Project Gutenberg

For instance, in the dining room a gate-leg table of the Puritan years has settled down comfortably with a set of Windsor chairs that are probably a hundred years younger.

From Project Gutenberg

Marion returned, too, to this curious idea of hers about not being able to destroy ugly things just because they are old, although of course it is one's plain duty to replace ugly things with beautiful whatever the circumstances, when they stepped in, through no intervening hall or passage, to a little dark room furnished, as farm parlours are, with a grandfather clock, an oak settle, a dresser, a gate-leg table with a patchwork cloth over it, and samplers hanging on wallpaper of a trivial rosebud pattern.

From Project Gutenberg