side table

noun

a table intended to be placed against a wall.

Origin of side table

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Examples from the Web for side-table

Historical Examples of side-table

On the side-table a lamp was burning under a warm red shade.
The Christian
Hall Caine
Without a word Oliver turned to a side-table, where stood a metal basin and ewer.
The Sea-Hawk
Raphael Sabatini
Mr. Winter picked up an orange-tinted object from a side-table.
A Great Man
Arnold Bennett
While Mr. Arnold was speaking, Funkelstein had been writing at a side-table.
David Elginbrod
George MacDonald
Miss Seaton is sitting by a side-table, at some distance from them.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893
Various

Word Origin and History for side-table

n.

late 14c., from side (n.) + table (n.).

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