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butterfly table

American

noun

a small occasional table, usually having a round or oval top, with drop leaves supported by swinging brackets pivoted to the stretchers and to the underside of the top.

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butterfly table

Not that I haven’t fallen myself for the sailor’s chest and the butterfly table and the glass lamps.

From Out of the Air by Gillmore, Inez Haynes

From the table board or top used in 1624, square, oval, or round in contour, evolved the butterfly table popular about 1700, many examples of which are found throughout Connecticut.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.

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