gueridon

American  

[ger-ee-don, gey-ree-dawn] / ˈgɛr iˌdɒn, geɪ riˈdɔ̃ /

noun

French Furniture.

plural

gueridons

1. a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.

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Etymology

Origin of gueridon

1850–55; < French guéridon, after the proper name Guéridon

Example Sentences

The table, a rickety gueridon, overbalanced, and away rolled my uncorked phial of prussic acid and fell into a hundred pieces on the tessellated floor.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John

At last the house-keeper brought forward a little round table, such as once was called a gueridon, on which was a cup of strong mocha, the perfume of which filled the room.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette

Brightly shone the light of chandelier and gueridon through the plate glass windows of the royal palace on the Ritterholm, and most beautifully was its brilliancy reflected by the quiet waters of the Malar lake.

From Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna by Velde, C. F. van der (Carl Franz)

Maria Theresa took up the letter from the gueridon on which she had laid it, and began to look it over.

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)