gate leg

a leg attached to a hinged frame that can be swung out to support a drop leaf.

Compare swing leg.

Origin of gate leg

First recorded in 1900–05

These manifold reasons, therefore, endowed the gate-leg table with great vitality.

Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture |Arthur Hayden
The life-history of the gate-leg table is, therefore, 112 shown to be an interesting one.

Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture |Arthur Hayden
What we have said in regard to the popularity of the gate-leg table applies in greater degree to the Windsor chair.

Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture |Arthur Hayden
If you happen to have a conventional writing-desk, a gate-leg table would be charming for books and things.

The House in Good Taste |Elsie de Wolfe

The gate-leg table is always regarded with veneration by collectors.

Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture |Arthur Hayden