Small amount of liquid nearly covering a fine type of table (4-4)

'type of table' is the definition.

'small amount of liquid nearly covering a fine' is the wordplay.
'small amount of liquid' becomes 'droplet' (I've seen this before).
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'covering' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (on top of in down clue).
'a fine' becomes 'af' (I've seen this in other clues).
'droplet' with its last letter taken off is 'drople'.
'drople'+'af'='DROP-LEAF'