Pembroke table

or pembroke table


noun

a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.

Origin of Pembroke table

First recorded in 1770–80; perhaps named after Pembroke, English aristocratic family

British Dictionary definitions for pembroke table

Pembroke table

noun

a small table with drop leaves and often one or more drawers

Word Origin for Pembroke table

perhaps named after Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561–1621), who originally ordered its design