bridge table

American  

noun

1. a square card table with folding legs.

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Etymology

Origin of bridge table

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

His natural detachment and concentration often found a home at the bridge table, where he sat “like a jet plane taxiing for three hours on the runway.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2015

If Fiona and Aubrey weren’t at the bridge table they might be walking along the halls, Aubrey hanging on to the railing with one hand and clutching Fiona’s arm or shoulder with the other.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2013

In 1965 Rosler married the former Rochelle Auritt, whom he met across the bridge table at that year’s Eastern States Regional in New York.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2013

Bridge: The Yeh Brothers Cup 2009 5 Mar 2009: Zia Mahmood: What do these have in common - a fleshly poet, the Duke of Westminster and a particularly irritating experience at the bridge table?

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2010

The exact spot on the bridge table the gold vase belonged.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen