gate leg

a leg attached to a hinged frame that can be swung out to support a drop leaf.

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First recorded in 1900–05

These manifold reasons, therefore, endowed the gate-leg table with great vitality.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture|Arthur Hayden
The life-history of the gate-leg table is, therefore, 112 shown to be an interesting one.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture|Arthur Hayden
What we have said in regard to the popularity of the gate-leg table applies in greater degree to the Windsor chair.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture|Arthur Hayden
If you happen to have a conventional writing-desk, a gate-leg table would be charming for books and things.
The House in Good Taste|Elsie de Wolfe

The gate-leg table is always regarded with veneration by collectors.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture|Arthur Hayden