sewing table

noun

1. a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sewing table¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Basting for large work should usually be done with the goods lying flat on the sewing table.

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Where there is gas, a small, portable stove should be kept near the sewing table with a medium-sized flat iron.

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A sewing-table with legs folded flat was a sled upon the stairs.

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And it had only one window, too, in which a small armchair stood, and a sewing-table before the chair—so pretty!

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Within, on a little mahogany sewing-table, burned a dozen candles in his great-grandmother's Colonial candelabra.

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