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

When she had finished, but was still lingering at the narrow refectory table, she heard Pleydon enter the hall and the explanatory voice of the servant.

From Linda Condon by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Lindsay sat in the big living-room beside the refectory table.

From Out of the Air by Gillmore, Inez Haynes