Definition of Drafting table

1. Noun. A worktable with adjustable top.

Exact synonyms: Drawing Table
Generic synonyms: Work Table, Worktable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drafting Table

draftable
drafted
draftee
draftees
drafter
drafter's ruler
drafters
draftier
draftiest
draftily
draftiness
draftinesses
drafting
drafting board
drafting instrument
drafting table (current term)
draftings
draftnik
draftniks
drafts
draftsman
draftsmanly
draftsmanship
draftsmanships
draftsmen
draftspeople
draftsperson
draftspersons
draftswoman
draftswomen

Literary usage of Drafting table

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1912)
"A Drafting-Table for Tracing Through Opaque Paper. ... The device consists essentially of a drafting-table with a plate-glass top, upon which the original ..."

2. The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological by John Livesy Ridgway, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1920)
"... drafting table." One of the most useful contrivances that has been made for tracing a drawing on the same scale is called by its manufacturers the ..."

3. Valves and Valve Gears by Franklin De Ronde Furman (1915)
"DRAFTING-TABLE PROBLEM No. 2. DESIGN FOR AN ALLEN VALVE 78. ... The Yi valve travel in drafting-table problem 1 was equal to the lap + the whole width of ..."

4. Valves and Valve Gears by Franklin De Ronde Furman (1915)
"The notes for Drafting-Table Problem No. 4, which consists in laying out a complete design from assigned data, give a full explanation of the working of the ..."

5. Science and Industry (1899)
"ANOTHER CHEAP drafting table. Edwin J. Newton, Chicago, 111. TO MAKE a cheap drafting table, get three T hinges, like those shown in the sketch, ..."

6. The New Metal Worker Pattern Book: A Treatise on the Principles and Practice by George Watson Kittredge, Anson Oliver Kittredge (1896)
"A drafting table suitable for a jobbing shop should be about five feet in ... drafting table. less liable to warp. Rods run through the table edgeways, ..."

7. Valves, Valve-gears & Valve Diagrams by Franklin De Ronde Furman (1911)
"38. '9 If the head end exhaust-lap had been negative, ar instead of ao would have been the release ./position for the head end. Solution of drafting table ..."

8. The American Machinist Shop Note Book: A Collection of Articles by E.A. Suverkrop (1919)
"DRAFTING-TABLE COVER I know of no more convenient cover for the drafting table than a roller shade. It has the great drawback, however, that loose tracings ..."

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