corner table

American  

noun

1. a table of the 18th century having a triangular top with a triangular drop leaf of the same size.

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Etymology

Origin of corner table

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

At a corner table on the expansive patio of a trendy Frogtown restaurant, Peaches’ blue eyes focus on the hovering waiter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

“I would film 15, 18 hours sometimes, and the rest of those hours I was in transit,” says Ballesteros, now 26, seated at a corner table at the Chateau Marmont.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

The young men at the corner table were, Aaron said, decompressing after a stint in Gaza.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

Most of the mornings I came in, there was a corner table of older men in their 70s and 80s who would meet up mostly to nurse their own cups of coffee and complain.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2023

At a corner table two whiskery ranch hands were playing checkers.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote