drafting table

Example Sentences

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The resolution is back on the drafting table and likely to return in December or January, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2021

This was before computer graphics or computer modeling, when architects and engineers worked on a drafting table with a T-square and slide rule.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

Originally developed for the Air Force, the minute the thing was on the drafting table, the Navy and Marines started crying, "Hey, what about us?"

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2021

Although Mr. Hines did not work at a drafting table, some architects considered him almost an equal partner.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2020

The drafting table was bare except for a blotter and a Sox mug full of mechanical pencils.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen