sand-table

Zaynab, “O my mother, what hath befallen thee that thou hast recourse to the sand-table?”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

At the airfield at Grantham, we had received a final briefing, and our only look at the sand-table, which had been carefully constructed from the air of photos, to resemble as much as possible, the terrain, and other prominent features of the jump-field, and immediate vicinity.

Moosburg Online: (Oral history: Livingston) 2008

I pictured that sand-table model and tried to match it to what I was seeing … yes, there below us was the road that Theodore had made for his artillery, winding between Fala and Selassie, with folk and carts moving along it, and gangs of what looked like men in chains.

Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

A quiet term of training and sand-table exercises would be plenty, they all thought.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

Two active-duty regiments and a brigade of territorials crushed two heavy corps as if it were a sand-table exercise.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

Elspeth shook off the many memories of time spent bending over a sand-table with Kero, and paid close attention to Darkwind.

Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

Elspeth shook off the many memories of time spent bending over a sand-table with Kero, and paid close attention to Darkwind.

Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

Map drawing: Plans of plots and of whole garden and grounds, represented on sand-table, paper, or black-board.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

There had been language lessons on the habits of the Indians; their way of living had been worked out, as far as possible, on the sand-table, and pictures representing Indian life had been shown.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature Ontario. Ministry of Education

The pupils had made use of this picture when working at the sand-table.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature Ontario. Ministry of Education