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sewing table

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noun

a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.

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Nearby words

Compare bag table.

Origin of sewing table

First recorded in 1870–75

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sewing table

Down-stage to the right is a window; near it, but protected by a screen, is a large arm-chair near a sewing-table.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
And the sewing-table, ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl, that stood always by the south window?
Honey-Sweet|Edna Turpin
And it had only one window, too, in which a small armchair stood, and a sewing-table before the chair—so pretty!
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11|Friedrich Spielhagen
After she had left David in the big, dark room, she took up some dull-blue linen from her sewing-table.
A Melody in Silver|Keene Abbott

To the right of the gateway, an upright piano; further down the stage, a sewing-table and two easy-chairs.
Plays--First Series|August Strindberg