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means A small table fitted with a mirror and drawers where one sits to apply makeup, do one's hair, and get ready.

from A plainly descriptive pairing: 'dressing,' from the act of dressing oneself (related to Old French 'dresser,' to arrange or put in order, itself from Latin 'directus,' set straight), joined to 'table.' The 'dressing' here carries the older, broader sense of 'making ready' — the same one that lets us 'dress' a wound or 'dress' a salad — so the dressing table is literally the table where you put yourself in order.