English

Noun

gateleg ‎(plural gatelegs)

1. A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a leaf to hang down.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 8,

     Now that's a nice gateleg table in the corner there. Though of course you'd have to put new hinges on it if you wanted to use the flaps.