gateleg
Pronunciations
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/ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Usage- also
- attributive
- Examples
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a gateleg desk; a gateleg shelf
A piece of furniture (especially a table) with a leg or legs of this kind.
Usage- broadly
- Examples
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More examples (1)
[…] 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