| 单词 | falling table |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfalling table falling table n. now historical and somewhat rare a table with hinged leaves which can be dropped when not in use; spec. a gateleg table (see gate-leg adj. at gate n.1 Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1587 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1995) (modernized text) X. 251 Benchboards and painted cloths, a falling table, and a trammel. 1641 Inventory Goods Countess of Arundel 8 Sept. in Burlington Mag. (1912) Jan. 234/1 A little greene falling Table hanging upon a Frame. 1766 Manch. Mercury 1 Apr. 4/1 (advt.) The Stock in Trade of the late Mr. William Wells, Cabinet-maker.., consisting of Dining Tables, Falling Tables.., [etc.]. 1862 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 365/2 She turned in to let down her little falling table and spread the cloth. 1993 N. W. Alcock People at Home 202 New furniture meant new fashions. Court cupboards or dressers replaced aumbries; chairs and falling tables might supersede trestle tables and forms. < as lemmas |
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