smoking stand

American  

noun

1. an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.

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Example Sentences

The Butler trimmed the wick, and put another log on the fire as well, and then listened carefully at the hall door before helping himself to a handful of leaf from the smoking stand.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

We walked out onto a stage that contained only two chairs and a smoking stand.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

It was a large room, with an oval table of polished rosewood on which stood various decanters and glasses, and a silver smoking stand with a rack of pipes.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

When making the smoking stand shown in the accompanying photograph, use quarter-sawed oak, if possible, as this wood is the most suitable for finishing in the different mission stains.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)

Wassaquam brought him the single small cup of coffee, lit the spirit lamp on the smoking stand, and moved that over; then he went away.

From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin