armoire
[ahrm-wahr, ahrm-wahr]
- a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
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Origin of armoire
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I want you to see an armoire that he has carved, it is up in our exhibition room.
Stories of a Western TownOctave Thanet
He had supposed it to be left behind in the armoire at Boisveyrac.
Fort AmityArthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He turned on his side and watched the sunbeam as it crept up the face of the armoire.
Fort AmityArthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
It seemed such a small brown spot, in such haste, dipping between the candles on the armoire.
When the Owl CriesPaul Bartlett
He puffed out a candle and watched her bend over another atop the armoire.
When the Owl CriesPaul Bartlett
armoire
- a large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons
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Word Origin
C16: from French, from Old French armaire, from Latin armārium chest, closet; see ambry
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Word Origin and History for armoire
n.
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.).
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