[see -ING1.] The action of the verb CONSULT; consultation. Also attrib.
Consulting-desk, a desk with four inclined sides, to bear books of a large size.
1823. Scott, Lett., 18 June, in Lockhart. An oldfashioned consulting desk … one of those which have four faces each forming an inclined plane.
1890. Brit. Med. Jrnl., II. 1411. The work has been on my consulting table for years.
