Definition of Settee

1. Noun. A long wooden bench with a back.

Exact synonyms: Settle
Generic synonyms: Bench
Derivative terms: Settle

2. Noun. A small sofa.
Generic synonyms: Couch, Lounge, Sofa

Definition of Settee

1. n. A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.

2. n. A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.

Definition of Settee

1. Noun. A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa. ¹

2. Noun. A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Settee

1. a long seat with a high back [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Settee

sets apart
sets aside
sets back
sets fire
sets foot
sets forth
sets in
sets off
sets on fire
sets out
sets sail
sets up
setscrew
setscrews
sett
settee (current term)
settees
setter
settered
settering
setterlike
setters
setterwort
setterworts
settest
setteth
setting
setting about
setting apart
setting aside

Literary usage of Settee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1913)
"settee with double chair back in Dutch style, first quarter eighteenth century . ... settee with two chair backs in Chinese taste, 1750-60 134 628. ..."

2. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"The settee is inlaid with lightwood stringing. It has been restored and reupholstered in ... This settee is depicted in Blue Book, Philadelphia Furniture.6 ..."

3. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"Hepplewhite Style settee Hepplewhite Style settee (Fig. 34) This Federal inlaid mahogany Hepplewhite-style upholstered settee was made in Philadelphia, ..."

4. Through the Dark Continent Or the Sources of the Nile Around the Great Lakes by Henry Morton Stanley (1878)
"... settee. every family possessed a neatly made water-cane settee, which would seat comfortably three persons. Another very useful article of furniture was ..."

5. The Merchant of Venice: A Comedy by William Shakespeare, David Belasco (1922)
"A settee, RC A Small Table near it. A Low Seat L. of settee. Music for change sounds on PP. through opening speeches of this Scene. ..."

6. The Collector's Manual by N. Hudson Moore (1906)
"A very choice example of a settee in Adam brothers style is shown in Figure 93; ... This style of settee was in vogue long before the Adam brothers' day; ..."

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