console table

[ kon-sohl ]

noun

1. a table supported by consoles or brackets fixed to a wall.
2. a table, often with bracketlike legs, designed to fit against a wall.

console table

/ ˈkɒnsəʊl /

noun

1. a table with one or more curved legs of bracket-like construction, designed to stand against a wall

Word History and Origins

Origin of console table¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

A seating arrangement that backs up against the wall will require installation of mounts, whereas a seat in front of a console table or other piece of furniture lets you place the rear speakers right on top.

From Popular-Science

There was an epidemic of yawns, and they staggered to the console table where a long row of candles waited.

From Project Gutenberg

On console table left end of sofa, fancy cigarettes box with cigarettes and match-box and ash-tray.

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The boy sat down by the window, near the console-table, and took up his book, a story of the Boer war.

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On the opposite wall there is another mirror, with a console table of carved wood painted gray beneath it.

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This fine old clock is given the place of honor in the main panel of the wall, above the console table.

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