The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pembroke table \Pem"broke ta`ble\ [From Pembroke, a town and shire in Wales.] A style of four-legged drop-leaf table in vogue in England, chiefly in the later Georgian period.
The characteristic which gives a table the name of
Pembroke consists in the drop leaves, which are held
up, when the table is open, by brackets which turn
under the top.
--F. C. Morse.
Usage examples of "pembroke table".
When I rushed up to my room M was there sitting at the pembroke table (Minny was standing by the wall -- looking frightened, I think G.
Her mother had taught her how to arrange flowers just so-the way those gleaming white roses in a tall crystal vase graced the Pembroke table in the foyer.
No, I propose a popular rendition, something a mechanic can understand, the sort of chap who furnishes his sitting-room with a Pembroke table and a crockery shepherd and shepherdess!
No, I propose a popular rendition, something a mechanic can understand, the sort of chap who furnishes his sittingroom with a Pembroke table and a crockery shepherd and shepherdess!