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gateleg

noun
/ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/US

Etymology

From gate + leg.

  1. derived from *lagjaz✻
  2. derived from leggr — “leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg, hollow tube, stalk”
  3. inherited from leg
  4. compounded as gateleg — “gate + leg”

Definitions

  1. A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a…

    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

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

    • […] 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:

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Derived

gateleg table

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA