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library table

American  

noun

  1. a large pedestal writing table or desk.


Etymology

Origin of library table

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Oct. 21, 2021

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

He always sat directly across from me at one end of the long library table.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

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

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood