a small table with drop leaves and often one or more drawers
Word origin
perhaps named after Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561–1621), who originally ordered its design
Pembroke table in American English
noun
a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt
Also: pembroke table
Word origin
[1770–80; perh. named after Pembroke, English aristocratic family]This word is first recorded in the period 1770–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: advisory, colonial, crescendo, jungle, parka