house furnishings

American  

plural noun

1. the furnishings of a household, as rugs, chairs, or draperies.

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Etymology

Origin of house furnishings

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Today, Textron is integrated from raw yarn to finished product; it covers the field of house furnishings and clothing, employs its own designers, chooses its own retail outlets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then she gave up, sold the house furnishings for $383, packed her trunk and moved in with Helen and George.

From Time Magazine Archive

And always house furnishings are noted, with the piercing significance and tenderness that made Amy Lowell so distinctly a poet of her time and place, racy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a year, food costs in large cities had risen 31%, clothing was up 18%, house furnishings 17%.

From Time Magazine Archive

This consisted of all house furnishings, clothes, and jewelry, and a more substantial dower in lands, money, or live stock.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)