work-table

See also: worktable

English

Noun

work-table (plural work-tables)

1. Archaic form of worktable.
   • 1884, Jean Paul Fred. Richter, edited by Giles P. Hawley, Wit, Wisdom, and Philosophy, New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls, […], page 148:

     The little work-tables where feminine fingers are employed are also the playgrounds of the feminine imagination, and their needles become little magic wands, wherewith they transform their rooms into isles of spirits filled with dreams.

   • 1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, pages 58–59:

     So a dear little book-case was bought, also of bird’s-eye maple, and a pretty little work-table, with a low chair to match. “That’s very nice,” said Patty, with an air of satisfaction, “for, though I hate to sew, yet sometimes it must be done; and with that little work-table, I think I could sew even in an Indian wigwam!”

   • 1912, Margaret Blake, The Greater Joy: A Romance, New York, N.Y.: G. W. Dillingham Company, page 455:

     He opened her work-table. A forgotten bit of needlework which she had overlooked in the hurry of leaving, remained.