Writing-desk
61desk work — 1. work done at a desk. 2. habitual writing, as that of a clerk. [1860 65] * * * …
62desk — Synonyms and related words: agency, ambo, atelier, bar, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, board, buffet, butcher shop, company, concern, corporation, counter, escritoire, establishment, facility, firm, house, installation,… …
63List of desk forms and types — Any list of desk forms and types encountered in the modern office or home, and in antique stores, is incomplete and contradictory given the variations in the naming of desks, as a simple lookup in two or three of the reference books below will… …
64Portable desk — The portable desk has not one but many forms. In a sense, the portable desk is a long lost ancestor of the portable computer, and the modern laptop could be considered an atavistic grandchild of the 19th century Lap desk.Medieval and renaissance… …
65Lap desk — The lap desk is both an antique and modern form.Antique lap deskAs an antique the lap desk is a smaller variant of the writing slope. It is also called a writing box or a writing cabinet. In certain instances it is known as a portable desk, a… …
66Resolute desk — The Resolute desk is a large nineteenth century partners desk that is frequently selected by U.S. presidents for use in the White House Oval Office. It was a present from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 and was built from… …
67rolltop desk — noun Date: 1887 a writing desk with a sliding cover often of parallel slats fastened to a flexible backing …
68roll-top desk — noun a writing desk with a semicircular flexible cover sliding in curved grooves …
69rolltop desk — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a writing desk having a sliding cover made of parallel slats fastened to a flexible backing …
70Pedestal desk — A pedestal desk is usually a large free standing desk made of a simple rectangular working surface resting on two pedestals or small cabinets of stacked drawers of one or two sizes, with plinths around the bases. Often, there is also a central… …
