library table

American  

noun

1. a large pedestal writing table or desk.

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Etymology

Origin of library table

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

Instinctively, she settled herself at the same library table she had preferred in years gone by.

From Literature

I frequented galleries, museum shows and antique malls searching out and sometimes buying objects of these periods — an oak library table here, a planter stand or lighting fixture there.

From Seattle Times

There’s bacon on the stove and a cake on the icebox; last night’s mahjong tiles, handmade by Carrie, still litter the library table.

From New York Times

Indeed, the book seems an entirely improper one to be placed in the hands of the young or to have a place on the family library table.

From New York Times

She taps her thumb to her fingers under the library table where Ashley Naches can’t see.

From Literature