armoire

[ahrm-wahr, ahrm-wahr]

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noun

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

Origin of armoire

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

Can be confusedamour armoire armor

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Related Words for armoire

wardrobe, repository, clothespress

Examples from the Web for armoire

Historical Examples of armoire

I want you to see an armoire that he has carved, it is up in our exhibition room.
Stories of a Western Town
Octave Thanet
He had supposed it to be left behind in the armoire at Boisveyrac.
Fort Amity
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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 seemed such a small brown spot, in such haste, dipping between the candles on the armoire.
When the Owl Cries
Paul Bartlett
He puffed out a candle and watched her bend over another atop the armoire.
When the Owl Cries
Paul Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for armoire

armoire

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

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.).