Pembroke table

English

Noun

Pembroke table

Pembroke table (plural Pembroke tables)

1. A kind of table introduced in the 18th century, having a rectangular or oval top with dropleaves on each side, and sometimes having drawers.
   • 1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218:

     […] the boarded table and wicker chairs were replaced by a Pembroke and neat japan elbow ones, […]