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Distressed Dining Tables

dining tables


The first dining tables of which survivors remain are the type known as refectory tables. They are made usually of oak, and one of the earliest, at Penshurst Place in Kent, has a typical thick top of joined planks supported on three separate trestles.


A table on which meals are served in a dining room

distressed


(of furniture, leather, or clothing) Having simulated marks of age and wear


Suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain


Impoverished


facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"


dysphoric: generalized feeling of distress


stressed: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"