vargueno

[ vahr-geyn-yoh ]

noun

, Spanish Furniture.

, plural var·gue·nos.

1. a fall-front desk of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having the form of a chest upon a small table.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vargueno¹

< Spanish bargueño (work) of Bargas (town near Toledo)