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gatelegs

gatelegs is the plural of gateleg.

Meaning of gateleg

Noun

gateleg (plural gatelegs)

  1. (also, attributive) A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a leaf of the tabletop to hang down; having such a leg or legs.
    • a gateleg desk; a gateleg shelf
  2. (broadly) A piece of furniture (especially a table) with a leg or legs of this kind.
    • […] the gate-leg at which we used to have afternoon tea had to be taken away into the drawing-room to make place for the piano out of the drawing-room when it was moved in here:1949, Elizabeth Bowen, chapter 6, in The Heat of the Day, pages 107-108

Questions about gatelegs

What is gatelegs the plural of?
Gatelegs is the plural of gateleg.

Words near gatelegs in the dictionary

  1. gatekept
  2. gateleg
  3. gateleg table
  4. gateleg tables
  5. gatelegged
  6. gatelegs
  7. gateless
  8. gatelessness
  9. Gateley
  10. Gateleys
  11. gatelike

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