withdrawing room

American  

noun

Archaic.

1. a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.

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withdrawing room British  

noun

1. an archaic term for drawing room

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Etymology

Origin of withdrawing room

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

On the left was the long enfilade of reception rooms, with the vast audience chamber and milor's own withdrawing room beyond.

From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

My "best" room, however, my withdrawing room, always ready for company, on whose carpet the sun rarely fell, was the pine wood behind my house.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

A large apartment at the east end of the warehouses will be reserved as a withdrawing room for the ladies, and is partitioned off for that purpose. 

From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various

That shall be your private withdrawing room when the doctor, or any one else who is not in our secret, happens to come into this room.

From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

“I must see thee, my lord, alone,” she cried in such tones that her friend arose without a word and conducted her into his own withdrawing room.

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer

Related Words

• drawing room
• parlor
• salon
• sitting room