drop leaf

a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.

Origin of drop leaf

First recorded in 1880–85

drop-leaf, adjective

At the Allisons house the driver took on a kitchen table with one drop-leaf gone and the other hanging by one hinge.

Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp |Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Ought she not to have old-fashioned silver and egg-shell china and drop-leaf mahogany to fit the practice?

Friendship Village |Zona Gale
A drop-leaf table at one end of the room was sometimes used for meals, because there was no dining room.

The Mystery of the Fires |Edith Lavell
There lay the letter on the drop-leaf side-table, among the shells.

Miss Lulu Bett |Zona Gale

It was a drop-leaf table, the leaves being cut in with a double curve at each of the four corners.

The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration |Charles Franklin Warner

drop leaf

a hinged flap on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket or additional pivoted leg to extend the surface
(as modifier)a drop-leaf table