table-tomb

He turned aside towards the right-hand wall, his crutches ringing hollowly, and Cadfael, following, found him standing beside a stone table-tomb fitted between the pillars.

The Confession of Brother Haluin Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1988

He turned aside towards the right-hand wall, his crutches ringing hollowly, and Cadfael, following, found him standing beside a stone table-tomb fitted between the pillars.

The Confession of Brother Haluin Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1988

A species of tomb similar in all respects but one to the arcosolium is the so-called sepulchrum a mensâ, or table-tomb; in this a rectangular niche takes the place of the arch.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

After nightfall, when the caretaker had made his rounds, he came out from under the fallen table-tomb of Mistress Jean Grant.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

There he kept hidden Mistress Jeanie's milking stool for a seat; and a table-tomb served as well, for the laddie to do his sums upon, as it had for the tearful signing of the Covenant more than two hundred years before.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

All the concession he was willing to make to old age and bad weather was to sleep under the fallen table-tomb.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

He had learned that when the earliest comer clicked the wicket he must go under the table-tomb and console himself with the extra bone that Mr. Traill never failed to remember.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

Then there was the story of Bobby's devotion to Auld Jock's memory to be told -- the days when he faced starvation rather than desert that grave, the days when he lay cramped under the fallen table-tomb, and his repeated, dramatic escapes from the Pentland farm.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

After a time he sat up on the table-tomb, pensively.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

There's nae stave to it, but it's neist to the fa'en table-tomb o 'Mistress Jean Grant.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902