encoignure

[ en-kon-yer, -koin-, ahn-; French ahn-kaw-nyyr ]

noun

, French Furniture.

, plural en·coi·gnures [en-, kon, -yerz, -, koin, -, ahn-, ah, n, -kaw-, nyyr].

1. a low corner cabinet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of encoignure¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from French: literally, “angle formed by the joining of two walls; corner”; en- ¹, coign, -ure