gateleg
English
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Etymology
gate + leg
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/
Noun
gateleg (plural gatelegs)
- (furniture) A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a leaf to hang down.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 8,
- Now that's a nice gateleg table in the corner there. Though of course you'd have to put new hinges on it if you wanted to use the flaps.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 8,
References
- “gateleg table”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.