Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heated table on which meats are kept warm.
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Examples
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Nora hastened to supply a glass of milk and a piece of bread and butter, while Patty perched on a corner of the carving-table and settled herself for conversation.
Just Patty 1911
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His eyes wandered down to the carving-table, where Brother Biscoe stood ready, as his turn was, to direct and apportion the helpings.
Brother Copas Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Now you do as I say: take the dining-table and set it out under the window, and the carving-table on top o 'that, and see how fur up it'll reach.
Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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He went to the carving-table, delivered the message of Major
All Adrift or The Goldwing Club Oliver Optic 1859
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