A piece of furniture once much used for the display of vases, large books, &c., and sometimes blocking up the parlour.
1850. I purchased of Mr. Crowen some beautiful books for the centre-table, and everybody said we were getting to be fashionable.—D. G. Mitchell, ‘The Lorgnette,’ i. 228 (1852).
1868. [He] remained standing by the centre-table.—Holme Lee, ‘B. Godfrey,’ p. 195. (N.E.D.)
