gateleg

plural gatelegs

1. alsoattributivefurnitureA 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. broadlyA 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:

   1949, Elizabeth Bowen, chapter 6, in The Heat of the Day, pages 107-108