gateleg /ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/ noun2 •[before a 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 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 formsgatelegs
