roll-top desk

British  

noun

1. Also called: roll-top.  a desk having a slatted wooden panel that can be pulled down over the writing surface when not in use

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roll-top desk

Authorities found the handgun after an officer “asked the child where he put his toy” and the boy motioned toward a roll-top desk in the living room.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

That’s when the boy led officers to a roll-top desk where they found the gun.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

Hildy has hidden Earl in a roll-top desk; its false back allows the curled-up Magaro to stretch out backstage.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2017

In other words, she picked up a roll-top desk and a three-seated couch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2016

Then our beds and my father’s roll-top desk.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver