A table placed either against the wall or aside from the principal table.(adjective)
Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
Use "side table" in a sentence
"He stepped to a side table and opened a brass-bound case."
"He saw Dame Beatrice looking at him, went forward at once, greeted her charmingly, led her to Bernard van Zestien and Binnen and then went to the side table to bring her a glass of sherry."
"Miss Poole stepped to a small rolling side table — intended, Svenson knew, to hold a tray of medical implements — and took up a glass-stoppered flask."