console table

American  

[kon-sohl] / ˈkɒn soʊl /

noun

1. a table supported by consoles or brackets fixed to a wall.

2. a table, often with bracketlike legs, designed to fit against a wall.

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console table British  

/ ˈkɒnsəʊl /

noun

1. a table with one or more curved legs of bracket-like construction, designed to stand against a wall

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Etymology

Origin of console table

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Place a chair next to a 20” deep console table.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023

The desk is actually a console table that my wife and I got for free when someone in her old building was giving it away.

From The Verge • Aug. 20, 2021

“I brought out a clear console table and put that in the middle of the trees.”

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2020

Most pieces also double as a console table or bench.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2018

She steadies herself against the whorled bird’s-eye maple console table in our foyer, my parents’ first flea market find as a couple, years before they had me.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed