Pembroke table

American  

Or pembroke table

noun

1. a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.

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Pembroke table British  

noun

1. a small table with drop leaves and often one or more drawers

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Etymology

Origin of Pembroke table

First recorded in 1770–80; perhaps named after Pembroke, English aristocratic family

Example Sentences

She shopped local, buying a 100-year-old English Pembroke table from Georgetown’s Pillar & Post, a few miles from her home.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022

Algernon, coming quietly into the room, beheld his wife and Rhoda seated side by side on a sofa behind the little Pembroke table, and engaged, apparently, in confidential conversation.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

Now within Mr. Parker's very small office there was a smaller office in which there were a safe, a small rickety Pembroke table, two chairs, and an old washing-stand with a tumbled towel.

From The Prime Minister by Trollope, Anthony

Her work lay unheeded on the Pembroke table.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf

There were several heavy mahogany arm-chairs in the room, a Pembroke table, and an immense unwieldy sideboard, garnished with a few wine-glasses of a deep blue colour.

From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield