单词 | by-table |
释义 | † by-tablen. Obsolete. A side-table; one which is not the main table in a room. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dining table > side table sideboarda1383 side table1397 by-table1550 livery table1577 by-board1637 sideboard table1679 1550 Bp. N. Ridley in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. i. xxx. 256 To take down and abolish all other by-tables and altars. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. xxiv. 229 Hee had seene a Box of most curious worke..vpon a by-Table. a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) xiii. 488 His companions [sat] at a by-table. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1550 |
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