Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Usage examples of "side-table".
I tried to keep a bottle back, but Lupin got hold of it, and took it to the side-table with Daisy and Frank Mutlar.
An ebony-cased pianette occupied one corner,--and on a small side-table stood a heavily-made oaken chest, brass-bound and double-locked.
The makings were neatly laid out on a side-table, and to pour into a glass an inch or so of the raw spirit and shoosh some soda-water on top of it was with me the work of a moment.
What was more, they were used- Annis, smoothing a careful hand down old damask curtains and touching the silver on the massive side-table, knew that she was going to love the house just as much as Jake so obviously did.
The fire was nice and bright and on one of the side-tables were four very big barmbracks.
He was looking into them closely, now, across a small side-table in the Villa Lorraine, which was near the Bois de la Cambre and off the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt where most of the ambassadors, EEC commissioners and kings of industry had their houses.
He was in an armchair, and the chair was part of an ordinary-looking room, furnished in contemporary style with another, similar chair, reading desk, a large wooden table in the center, a side-table near the door set with an ornate vase of roses, and a thick carpet of dark brown pile that blended fairly well with the predominantly orange and brown decor.
Back at Gatehouse, Einstein came through from the machine into the mess area and ambled over to the side-table where the coffeepot and tea urn stood.