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baigneuse

American  
[be-nyœz] / bɛˈnjœz /

noun

French Furniture.
  • baigneuses
    plural
  1. a day bed of the Empire period, having a back sloping and curving to form a rounded head and foot.


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Etymology

Origin of baigneuse

< French: literally, bather (feminine)


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Our baigneuse, who is called Marie-Louise, is upstairs.

From Chateau and Country Life in France by Mary Alsop King Waddington

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