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

“I was standing on a bridge table in the locker room,” Bernstein said, “and as people are frantically looking for him to do a live TV shot some sixth sense told me to look to my left. As I looked down, he was sitting in this locker with his dad.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Bridge Table,” the sleek show-stopper of aluminum and tungsten carbide that greets visitors in the main part of the exhibit, resembles a smooth, silver-colored tree, with four trunk-like legs that separate into branches and extend to support a gleaming, flat surface.

From Washington Times

Reluctant at first, he quickly completed a manuscript, writing on a collapsible bridge table under an apple tree.

From Los Angeles Times

He set it down quickly on the bridge table.

From Literature

As he sat inertly at the rickety bridge table that served as a desk, his lips were closed, his eyes were blank, and his face, with its pale ochre hue and ancient, confined clusters of minute acne pits, had the color and texture of an uncracked almond shell.

From Literature