Pembroke table
or pembroke table
noun
a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
Origin of Pembroke table
1First recorded in 1770–80; perhaps named after Pembroke, English aristocratic family
Words Nearby Pembroke table
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How to use Pembroke table in a sentence
The Pembroke table, the mahogany escritoire, the pier glasses and girandoles and other items were plainly eighteenth century.
Old Country Inns of England | Henry P. Maskell
British Dictionary definitions for Pembroke table
Pembroke table
noun
a small table with drop leaves and often one or more drawers
Origin of Pembroke table
1perhaps named after Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561–1621), who originally ordered its design
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