单词 | gypsy table |
释义 | > as lemmasgypsy table gypsy table n. a light round table supported on three crossed legs. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > light table tea-table1703 spider-table1844 spider1848 gypsy table1869 1869 Irish Times & Daily Advertiser 8 Apr. (advt.) A suit of walnut drawingroom furniture,..comprising couch, easy chair.., a small walnut cabinet; oval pillar and claw centre table; walnut Gipsy table; [etc.]. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am I. vii. 58 The middle-aged lady..with a lamp and a work-basket on the gipsy table before her, was Walter Blake's maiden sister. 2014 Surrey Mirror (Nexis) 31 July 3 The tripod or gypsy table was very popular with the late Victorians. The top would have been cloth-covered and probably fringed, and used to display clocks, objets, photographs. < as lemmas |
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