Gateleg

Quick meaning: Gateleg is a noun meaning (by extension) A piece of furniture (especially a table) with a leg or legs of this kind.

Meaning

(by extension) A piece of furniture (especially a table) with a leg or legs of this kind.

More Meanings

1. (furniture, also attributive) A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a leaf of the tabletop to hang down; having such a leg or legs.

Example Sentences

a gateleg desk; a gateleg shelf

[…] the gate-leg at which we used to have afternoon tea had to be taken away into the drawing-room to make place for the piano out of the drawing-room when it was moved in here:

Word Forms

• gatelegs

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gleg, glider, gatepost, gate, lichgate, lee-gage.

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