roll top

noun

a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.

Also called roll-top desk, rolltop desk . a desk with such a cover.

Origin of roll top

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby roll top

rollout, rollover, roll-over arm, Rolls-Royce, roll the bones, roll top, roll-top desk, roll-up, roll up one's sleeves, rollway, roll with the punches

Example sentences from the Web for roll top

What part of it wasn't taken up by a roll-top desk was filled by a table fairly groaning under its load of magazines.
The Trail of Conflict|Emilie Baker Loring
There were a table and a chair or two, and in a corner an American roll-top desk.
Hard Pressed|Fred M. White
In the room beyond, evidently the holy of holies, he could see an elderly man at a roll-top desk smoking a large cigar.
McAllister and His Double|Arthur Train
With his back to Carl, the dean was writing at a roll-top desk.
The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis

The next morning Leon Sammet sat at his roll-top desk in his private office, while Barney went over the morning mail.
Potash & Perlmutter|Montague Glass

单词	roll top
释义	roll top noun a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top. Also called roll-top desk, rolltop desk . a desk with such a cover. Origin of roll top An Americanism dating back to 1885–90 Words nearby roll top rollout, rollover, roll-over arm, Rolls-Royce, roll the bones, roll top, roll-top desk, roll-up, roll up one's sleeves, rollway, roll with the punches Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for roll top What part of it wasn't taken up by a roll-top desk was filled by a table fairly groaning under its load of magazines. The Trail of Conflict\|Emilie Baker Loring There were a table and a chair or two, and in a corner an American roll-top desk. Hard Pressed\|Fred M. White In the room beyond, evidently the holy of holies, he could see an elderly man at a roll-top desk smoking a large cigar. McAllister and His Double\|Arthur Train With his back to Carl, the dean was writing at a roll-top desk. The Trail of the Hawk\|Sinclair Lewis The next morning Leon Sammet sat at his roll-top desk in his private office, while Barney went over the morning mail. Potash & Perlmutter\|Montague Glass
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