To remove plates, etc. from a table after a meal.

(sports, games) A game and sport, played on a shuffleboard table, over 20ft/6m long, with weighted steel pucks, frequently found in bars and pubs. The aim is to slid the smooth-bottomed pucks into the tiered endzones, and achieve a score without being knocked out by competitor pucks. Similar in play to a cross between curling and shuffleboard.

(sports, games) A type of game table, used as the playing surface for the sport and game of table shuffleboard. Typically a with solid wood surface shuffleboard, over 6m/20ft long.

(law) A table in a common law courtroom at which advocates sit or stand.

(metalworking) A device for precisely positioning the workpiece, enabling the operator to drill or cut at exact intervals around a fixed axis.

(historical) The oldest form of candle-shade, consisting of a tall glass cylinder which stood on a table, the candlestick and candle being placed bodily within it.

(databases, data warehousing) A database table consisting of the measurements, metrics or facts of a business process.

plural of table-shade

(printing, historical) Synonym of imposing stone

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of table-hop