corner table
noun
a table of the 18th century having a triangular top with a triangular drop leaf of the same size.
Also called
handkerchief table.
Origin of corner table
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby corner table
corner,
corner brook,
corner cabinet,
corner chair,
corner kick,
corner table,
corner the market,
cornerback,
cornered,
cornerman,
cornerstone
Example sentences from the Web for corner table
There was lying on a corner-table, pored over by a lawyer-like individual—that formidable instrument, a marriage-settlement.
Agatha's Husband |Dinah Maria Craik (AKA: Dinah Maria Mulock)I had embarked on my letter, there at the end of a corner-table of the saloon, when I saw Dacres saunter through.
The Pool in the Desert |Sara Jeanette Duncan