refectory table

American  

noun

1. a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.

2. a narrow dining table having extensible ends.

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refectory table British  

noun

1. a long narrow dining table supported by two trestles joined by a stretcher or set into a base

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Etymology

Origin of refectory table

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

I took a seat at a long, hard refectory table.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2018

From January, the sisters will once again disrupt their usual Sunday evening routine, abandoning their long refectory table to eat supper from trays in front of the television.

From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2015

Seated at a Rome refectory table, a young priest tells of hearing the Pope at his window singing along with a choir far below in St. Peter's Square.

From Time Magazine Archive

Considerable light was shed from the antique sconces upon the walls, as also by the silver candelabra upon the long refectory table which ran down the centre of the room.

From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell

He stooped--the refectory table lay in pieces at his feet--again he perceived the same strange smell of burning, and his hand fell on some charred fragments--the table was half burnt.

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von