drawing table

a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.

Also called architect's table.

Origin of drawing table

First recorded in 1905–10

A piano, a music-rack, and a drawing-table completed the modest furnishings of the room.

The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence |Eugne Sue
It had been dropped squarely upon the drawing-table, and Lieutenant Wagner was mortally wounded.

From Manassas to Appomattox |James Longstreet
A drawing-table was an extension-table; it could by an arrangement of drop leaves be doubled in length.

Customs and Fashions in Old New England |Alice Morse Earle
Horace sat down at his drawing-table, and, his head buried in his hands, tried to think out this latest complication.

The Brass Bottle |F. Anstey

Between the sofa and the drawing-table is a big wicker chair, with broad arms and a low sloping back, with its back to the light.

Heartbreak House |George Bernard Shaw