gateleg

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/

Definition of gateleg

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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”
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noun

  1. (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”
  2. (broadly)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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Etymology

From gate + leg.

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