teapoy

American  

[tee-poi] / ˈti pɔɪ /

noun

1. a small three-legged table or stand.

2. a small table for use in serving tea.

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teapoy British  

/ ˈtiːpɔɪ /

noun

1. a small table or stand with a tripod base

2. a tea caddy on such a table or stand

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Etymology

Origin of teapoy

1820–30; < Hindi tīpāi, alteration (with t- from tir- three < Sanskrit tri ) of Persian si-pāya three-legged stand

Example Sentences

Search was immediately made for the Begum, and while looking for this mutiness Princess in one of her apartments, Carlton took up from a teapoy or dressing table, a small but curiously carved steel casket.

From Vellenaux A Novel by Forrest, E. W. (Edmund William)

Feeling his hand tired, he dropped the book he held, leant his head on a teapoy, and fell asleep.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft

No table stood below the couch, but only a high teapoy.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft

At her side was a Chinese teapoy, a nest of lacquer tables, and on it stood a small, squat idol.

From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Neither should any banquet be spread, but a high teapoy can be placed in front of each, with one or two things to suit our particular tastes.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft