Armoire
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe, originally used for storing weapons.
"The furnishing of this Blue Room was solid and Victorian, it having been the GHQ of my Uncle Tom's late father, who liked things substantial. There was a four-poster bed, a chunky dressing-table, a massive writing table, divers chairs, pictures on the walls of fellows in cocked hats bending over females in muslin and ringlets and over at the far side a cupboard or armoire in which you could have hidden a dozen corpses."
- 2 a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons wordnet
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More examples"The furnishing of this Blue Room was solid and Victorian, it having been the GHQ of my Uncle Tom's late father, who liked things substantial. There was a four-poster bed, a chunky dressing-table, a massive writing table, divers chairs, pictures on the walls of fellows in cocked hats bending over females in muslin and ringlets and over at the far side a cupboard or armoire in which you could have hidden a dozen corpses."
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Middle French armoire. Doublet of ambry, armarium, and almirah.
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