Definition of gateleg table in English:
gateleg table
nounˈɡeɪtlɛɡ ˌteɪb(ə)lˈɡeɪtlɛɡ ˌteɪb(ə)l
A table with hinged legs that are swung out from the centre to support folding leaves and make the table larger.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this room New England Chippendale chairs surround a William and Mary gateleg table set with English creamware plates made between 1785 and 1790 and Prattware dishes and a tea set of about 1800.
- The Philadelphia walnut gateleg table dates from about 1710.
- Despite uncertainty about the maker, this table represents one of the few well-documented Philadelphia gateleg tables.
- The origin of the gateleg table is difficult to pinpoint.
- It would be a double gateleg table, I decided, partly as a tribute to an elegant, classic piece of furniture and partly as a way to have both a rectangular and a round table.
Derivatives
adjective
The family retired to the old-fashioned parlor with its straight-backed armchairs, horsehair chesterfield, pump organ, and gatelegged tables.
Example sentencesExamples
- The dark oak gatelegged table and solid chest-of-drawers are consistent with his earlier statement that he inherited his parents’ oak furniture; moreover, its darkness is consonant with the staid owner's solid character and melancholic disposition.
- Then we got down the cedar gatelegged table Papa made and she is borrowing it for her dinette until she gets one.
- It was gatelegged - its top could unfold and the back legs could swing out to support it.
- She sat on the sofa in the place of honour; gatelegged tables were brought in, and baked meats in trays.
Definition of gateleg table in US English:
gateleg table
nounˈɡeɪtlɛɡ ˌteɪb(ə)lˈɡātleɡ ˌtāb(ə)l
A table with hinged legs that swing out from the frame to support the drop leaves that make the surface of the table larger.
Example sentencesExamples
- The origin of the gateleg table is difficult to pinpoint.
- It would be a double gateleg table, I decided, partly as a tribute to an elegant, classic piece of furniture and partly as a way to have both a rectangular and a round table.
- The Philadelphia walnut gateleg table dates from about 1710.
- Despite uncertainty about the maker, this table represents one of the few well-documented Philadelphia gateleg tables.
- In this room New England Chippendale chairs surround a William and Mary gateleg table set with English creamware plates made between 1785 and 1790 and Prattware dishes and a tea set of about 1800.