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refectory table

American

noun

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

refectory table British

noun

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

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