drawing table

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of drawing table

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

There are nearly 200 drawings in all, as well as a few objects, including the architect’s drawing table and the wooden model of the Notre-Dame spire, almost 4 feet tall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

“They need to go back to the drawing table and talk about these prescribed burns,” she said.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

That means going back to the drawing table and seeing what went wrong.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2021

A fair number of them had landed in and around suburban Fairfield County, Conn., where they formed a loose community that socialized in between long bouts of solitude at the drawing table.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2017

I’ve seen Mom with pneumonia hacking up lungs while bent over that drawing table.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King