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/ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/ · noun
(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..
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:
Use gateleg when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gateleg means (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..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a gateleg desk; a gateleg shelf
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