butterfly table

American  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

The original owner could, of course, have owned finer pieces such as a butterfly table, a maple or cherry highboy, a high-post bed with hangings of crewel-work, a small curly maple and mahogany sideboard, various chests of drawers and light stands made of cherry and neatly ornamented with inlay.

From Project Gutenberg