cheveret

cheveret
/shev"rit, shev ret"/, n.
a small English table of the 18th century, having an oblong top, one or two rows of drawers, and slender legs joined near the bottom by a shelf.
Also, sheveret.
[perh. alter. of F chevalet CHEVALET]

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