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

Her work lay unheeded on the Pembroke table.

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

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

With her own hands she drew forward a handsome Pembroke table, and then we went together through the main rooms of the house.

From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

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