Sentence:  A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany <WSD>table</WSD> on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, [...]. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.