drawing table

a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.

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First recorded in 1905–10

Also called architect's table.

A piano, a music-rack, and a drawing-table completed the modest furnishings of the room.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence|Eugne Sue
It had been dropped squarely upon the drawing-table, and Lieutenant Wagner was mortally wounded.
From Manassas to Appomattox|James Longstreet
A drawing-table was an extension-table; it could by an arrangement of drop leaves be doubled in length.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England|Alice Morse Earle
Horace sat down at his drawing-table, and, his head buried in his hands, tried to think out this latest complication.
The Brass Bottle|F. Anstey

Between the sofa and the drawing-table is a big wicker chair, with broad arms and a low sloping back, with its back to the light.
Heartbreak House|George Bernard Shaw