Definition of "knee-hole" []

• The space under a desk occupied by the knees of one seated at the desk. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "There was a knee-hole desk in the middle, and seated at it, with some papers and open volumes before him, was the benevolent old gentleman."
• "A handsome knee-hole desk bore a jumble of papers, a gooseneck lamp, and an ancient typewriter; business of sorts was apparently conducted here."
• "'He jumped up and went over to a knee-hole desk, pulled out one of the side drawers bodily, and brought it across to where I sat at one end of the sofa."
• "It was a heavy flat-topped knee-hole desk with drawers at each side, and it was almost aggressively tidy."