Pembroke table

noun

A kind of table introduced in the 18th century, having a rectangular or oval top with dropleaves on each side, and sometimes having drawers.

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nounPembroke table (plural Pembroke tables)

plural Pembroke tables

  1. A kind of table introduced in the 18th century, having a rectangular or oval top with dropleaves on each side, and sometimes having drawers.

    […]the boarded table and wicker chairs were replaced by a Pembroke and neat japan elbow ones,[…]

    1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218
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