gateleg

/ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/

Etymology

From gate + leg.

gateleg means 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. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

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”
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:”