partners' desk

noun

1. a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of partners' desk¹

Probably earlier than 1945–50

Example Sentences

They even sat opposite each other at a partners desk, passing drawings back and forth as they conceptualized and developed projects.

From New York Times

This design from American furniture brand HBF shaves off desktop acreage and stowage, then further economizes by borrowing the face-to-face setup of the partners desk, so apt for today’s idea-sharing worker bees.

From Wall Street Journal

A must-have for the room was a partners desk.

From Los Angeles Times

The house is scattered with reminders of Bush’s presidency as well as his political pedigree, from the Afghan carpet in the study to an antique partners desk that belonged to his grandfather Prescott Bush, a U.S. senator from Connecticut.

From Los Angeles Times

Indicating Philip Guston's "The Coat II," 1977, Hunk recalls, "We had a fantastic relationship with Guston. He used to sit here on the partners desk and drink a little brandy and smoke cigarettes, and I'd stand here taking in the secondhand smoke. He was little bit of left and I'm a little bit of right, so it was interesting."

From Los Angeles Times