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teapoy

[ tee-poi ]

noun

  1. a small three-legged table or stand.
  2. a small table for use in serving tea.


teapoy

/ ˈtiːpɔɪ /

noun

  1. a small table or stand with a tripod base
  2. a tea caddy on such a table or stand
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of teapoy1

1820–30; < Hindi tīpāi, alteration (with t- from tir- three < Sanskrit tri ) of Persian si-pāya three-legged stand
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Word History and Origins

Origin of teapoy1

C19: from Hindi tipāī, from Sanskrit tri three + pāda foot; compare Persian sīpae three-legged stand
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Example Sentences

Teapoy, tē′poi, n. a small table for the tea-service, &c.

A short time afterwards, he found nailed to a teapoy a paper scroll containing a jasmine flower tied up with coloured threads.

William Jaquith went to a certain corner and brought out a teapoy of violet wood, which he set down at the old lady's elbow.

Dr. John Dunn, the physician at Tshikapa, had started at dawn to meet me, and my teapoy adventures, for the moment, were ended.

The "teapoy boy," as he is called, is as much a part of the African scheme of life as a driver or a chauffeur is in America.

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