Meaning

noun a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall

noun a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)

noun an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)

originBorrowed from French console (“bracket”, noun), from consoler (“to console, to comfort”, verb). Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a consolateur (“consoler”), itself perhaps a pun on the first sense (alleviating load). Originally used for the bracket itself, then for wall-mounted tables (mounted with a…

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