butler's tray

American  

noun

1. a rectangular tray, usually of mahogany or similar wood, with hinged sides that may be folded down to form a flat oval.

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Example Sentences

Lot number 85—twelve chairs, the table you are leaning up against, two sideboards, and butler's tray.

From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

They can be had quite cheaply, and should be half-filled with water, and placed upon the side table or butler's tray, with the dessert, bread and cheese, etc.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Can't you hear Falcon on the wrong side with a butler's tray full of glass, wondering why he was born?

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford

I glanced at Fibsy to see if he accepted a tiny glass from the butler's tray.

From Vicky Van by Wells, Carolyn

We had a punt last year, a sort of thing like a long butler's tray, and Charles got into fearful difficulties.

From A Comedy of Masks A Novel by Dowson, Ernest Christopher