The characteristic which gives a table the name of Pembroke consists in the drop leaves, which are held up, when the table is open, by brackets which turn under the top. --F. C. Morse. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pembroke table — noun also pembroke ( s) Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: probably from Pembroke, English family of noblemen : a small often profusely ornamented four legged table originating in the Georgian period and having a drawer and on each side a… … Useful english dictionary
Pembroke table — a drop leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt. Also, pembroke table. [1770 80; perh. named after Pembroke, English aristocratic family] * * * ▪ furniture light, drop leaf table designed for… … Universalium
Pembroke table — noun Etymology: Pembroke, Wales Date: 1778 a small 4 legged table originating in the Georgian period and having two drop leaves and a drawer … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pembroke table — /ˈpɛmbrʊk teɪbəl/ (say pembrook taybuhl) noun a drop leaf table. {named after the Countess of Pembroke (a town in SW Wales), who is said to have been the first to own one in the 1770s} …
Pembroke table — Pem′broke ta ble n. fur a small table with drop leaves and with one or two drawers set in the skirt • Etymology: 1770–80 … From formal English to slang
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Pembroke (UK Parliament constituency) — UK former constituency infobox Name = Pembroke Type = Borough Year = 1542 Abolition = 1885 members = onePembroke (or Pembroke Boroughs) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pembroke in West Wales. It returned one Member of… … Wikipedia
drop-leaf table — ▪ furniture table with one or two hinged leaves supported by articulated legs, arms, or brackets. An early 17th century form is the gateleg table, which was followed by two later English forms the Pembroke table and its more elongated version,… … Universalium
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