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

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 • Jul. 8, 2023

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 • Jan. 20, 2022

She burns a Buly 1803 Generaux d’Empire scented candle on the 19th-century partner’s-style library table, painted in a black gloss finish, that serves as her desk.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2018

And yet, on his library table are to be found all sorts of high-brow books — thumbed and worn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2018

She couldn’t have known what was going to happen, Annabelle tells herself, when she thinks about his hand holding hers under the library table.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti