teatable

Noun

1. Alternative form of tea table.
   • All these men have indigestion at times. This she knew from the half-admiring plaints she listened to over the teatables. - 1976 [1946], Anya Seton, The Turquoise, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 262:
   • Aside from the oval, mostly lacquered teatable, there were the Chinese or Chinese-inspired teacups – which in Holland were always placed on saucers – the teapots and water kettles, the teacaddies, the sugar bowls, and...
   • Lavish carving became a major component in Philadelphia furniture and interiors, as seen in the parlor of the Powel House (Fig. 6.14)—on Chippendale chairs, sofa, piecrust teatables, the grandfather clock, the...