night tablen.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪt ˌteɪbl/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪt ˌteɪb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., table n.

Etymology: < night n. + table n.

Now chiefly North American.

A small bedside cupboard or set of drawers; a nightstand. Formerly esp.: a piece of furniture of this type having a place to hold a chamber pot; (occasionally) a commode, a close-stool (cf. night commode n. at night n. and int. Compounds 4) (now historical).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > close-stool or commode

privy stool1377

night-chair1404

close-stool1410

stool1410

chamber stool1567

night table1730

night-stool1781

commode1802

Sir John1808

chamber closet1842

chaise percée1939

thunder-box1939

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > small table

roundel1503

stand1582

night table1730

monopodium1807

teapoy1828

tray stand1844

nightstanda1852

guéridon1853

kettle-stand1881

tabouret1916

1730 C. Cock Catal. Dwelling-house Right Hon. Gen. Stuart 12 A mahogany Night table.

1744 C. Cibber Another Occas. Let. to Mr P[ope] 53 By the inadvertent Commiseration of thy Health which lately escap'd from a Person of Honour in my Hearing we are afraid that if the earthen Receiver on the Night-table could speak, it might tell us, by how slow a Distilment of Drop, by Drop..thy Tears of Penitence, to this Hour, fall from thee!

1771–2 in Country Life (1975) 2 Oct. 851/1 The middle part to hold a Bed, the Ends for Shelves, Cloakpins, Night Tables etc.

1788 T. Holcroft tr. Life Baron Trenck II. 139 I took care to make a stir in my night-table.

1871 T. Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 208 The policeman's ‘rattle’ was a thing she actually had on her night-table.

1896 Littell's Living Age 21 Nov. 487/1 She had put the flower..in a glass of water and placed it on the night-table.

1940 I. Fletcher Raleigh's Eden xxii. 398 Mary put the candle on the night table by her bed.

1985 Pennysaver (Waterloo, Ont.) 2 Sept. 2/3 (advt.) White and gold headboard, dresser, & two night tables.

2009 J. DeJean Age of Comfort (2010) vii. 136 The night table was..the table with perhaps the biggest impact on daily life..a very small table..with two shelves, usually of marble, open in the front, and often with little openings on each side... (The marble and the openings were added to help fight odor buildup,..since the lower shelf often held a chamber pot.)

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	night table
释义	night tablen. Brit. /ˈnʌɪt ˌteɪbl/, U.S. /ˈnaɪt ˌteɪb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., table n. Etymology: < night n. + table n. Now chiefly North American. A small bedside cupboard or set of drawers; a nightstand. Formerly esp.: a piece of furniture of this type having a place to hold a chamber pot; (occasionally) a commode, a close-stool (cf. night commode n. at night n. and int. Compounds 4) (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > close-stool or commode privy stool1377 night-chair1404 close-stool1410 stool1410 chamber stool1567 night table1730 night-stool1781 commode1802 Sir John1808 chamber closet1842 chaise percée1939 thunder-box1939 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > small table roundel1503 stand1582 night table1730 monopodium1807 teapoy1828 tray stand1844 nightstanda1852 guéridon1853 kettle-stand1881 tabouret1916 1730 C. Cock Catal. Dwelling-house Right Hon. Gen. Stuart 12 A mahogany Night table. 1744 C. Cibber Another Occas. Let. to Mr P[ope] 53 By the inadvertent Commiseration of thy Health which lately escap'd from a Person of Honour in my Hearing we are afraid that if the earthen Receiver on the Night-table could speak, it might tell us, by how slow a Distilment of Drop, by Drop..thy Tears of Penitence, to this Hour, fall from thee! 1771–2 in Country Life (1975) 2 Oct. 851/1 The middle part to hold a Bed, the Ends for Shelves, Cloakpins, Night Tables etc. 1788 T. Holcroft tr. Life Baron Trenck II. 139 I took care to make a stir in my night-table. 1871 T. Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 208 The policeman's ‘rattle’ was a thing she actually had on her night-table. 1896 Littell's Living Age 21 Nov. 487/1 She had put the flower..in a glass of water and placed it on the night-table. 1940 I. Fletcher Raleigh's Eden xxii. 398 Mary put the candle on the night table by her bed. 1985 Pennysaver (Waterloo, Ont.) 2 Sept. 2/3 (advt.) White and gold headboard, dresser, & two night tables. 2009 J. DeJean Age of Comfort (2010) vii. 136 The night table was..the table with perhaps the biggest impact on daily life..a very small table..with two shelves, usually of marble, open in the front, and often with little openings on each side... (The marble and the openings were added to help fight odor buildup,..since the lower shelf often held a chamber pot.) This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1730
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