drop-leaf table

drop-leaf table

 table with one or two hinged leaves supported by articulated legs, arms, or brackets. An early 17th-century form is the gateleg table, which was followed by two later English forms—the Pembroke table and its more elongated version, the sofa table, which dates from about the 1790s. The sofa table could be drawn up to a sofa and was long enough for two people to sit at, side by side. It had a flap at either end, each supported on a hinged bracket. The top rested on a pair of decorative trestles, or braced frames, composed, for example, of two uprights on a horizontal support, terminating in a pair of outward-curving feet.

      Regency (Regency style) sofa tables were often supported on a single centre pedestal resting on a platform that had four outward-curving feet terminating in brass lions' paws. The butterfly table is a late 17th-century American type whose name derives from its shape when fully extended. The simplest form of drop-leaf table is the bracket table, a small side table fixed to the wall and supported by a bracket.

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  • drop-leaf table — noun A table having a hinged section that can be fixed in a horizontal position to extend the table and is folded down when not needed …   Wiktionary

  • drop leaf — noun : a table leaf hinged to the side or end of a table and folded down when not in use * * * drop leaf, adj. Furniture. a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward …   Useful english dictionary

  • drop-leaf — noun a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket • Hypernyms: ↑leaf • Part Holonyms: ↑drop leaf table * * * dropˈ leaf adjective (of a desk or table) with a hinged leaf (or leaves) which can be raised or dropped to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • drop leaf — drop′ leaf n. fur a hinged leaf attached to a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use • Etymology: 1880–85 drop′ leaf , adj …   From formal English to slang

  • drop leaf — ☆ drop leaf n. a hinged board attached to the side or end of a table as an extension of the surface: it hangs down when not in use drop leaf adj …   English World dictionary

  • drop leaf — drop leaf, adj. Furniture. a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use. [1880 85] * * * …   Universalium

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  • drop leaf — noun Date: 1882 a hinged leaf on the side or end of a table that can be folded down …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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