armoire

[ ahrm-wahr, ahrm-wahr ]

/ ɑrmˈwɑr, ˈɑrm wɑr /

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noun

a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.

RELATED WORDS

wardrobe, repository, clothespress

Nearby words

Origin of armoire

1565–75; < Middle French; Old French blend of armaire and aumoire ambry

Can be confusedamour armoire armor

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Examples from the Web for armoire

And the clever hussy drew from her armoire a little dagger, which she knew how to use with great skill when necessary.
Droll Stories, Complete|Honore de Balzac
He puffed out a candle and watched her bend over another atop the armoire.
When the Owl Cries|Paul Bartlett
In the corner of a panel in the armoire he bored two small holes and blew away the dust that fell from them.
The Secret of the Silver Car|Wyndham Martyn
He turned on his side and watched the sunbeam as it crept up the face of the armoire.
Fort Amity|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

It certainly contains no weapons, so cannot be an armoury, and we conjecture that her word must be a corruption of armoire.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin

British Dictionary definitions for armoire

armoire

/ (ɑːmˈwɑː) /

noun

a large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons

Word Origin for armoire

C16: from French, from Old French armaire, from Latin armārium chest, closet; see ambry

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Word Origin and History for armoire

armoire

1570s, from French armoire, from Old French armarie (12c.) "cupboard, bookcase, reliquary," from Latin armarium "closet, chest, place for implements or tools," from arma "gear, tools, arms" (see arm (n.2)). Before being reborrowed from French, the word earlier was in English as ambry (late 14c.).