A hole or space between the pedestal drawers of a writing-table, to receive the knees and enable one to sit close up to it. Also attrib. b. ellipt. A knee-hole table.
1862. Lytton, Str. Story, I. 214. The arm-chair by the fireplace; the knee-hole writing-table beside it.
1893. Westm. Gaz., 22 April, 6/3. His desk of mahogany … with knee-hole and drawers, stood in the recess.
1895. British Weekly, 10 Oct., 395/2. [His] writing table is a plain, substantial kneehole.
