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Definition of Armoire
1. Noun. A large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons.
Definition of Armoire
1. Noun. A type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe - originally used for storing weapons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Armoire
1. a large, ornate cabinet [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armoire
Literary usage of Armoire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"... Voltaire and Rousseau on faith, who purchase their works without reading them ;
who maintain that it is proper to say armoire, because ladies lock up in ..."
2. Style in Furniture by R. Davis Benn (1904)
"Of furniture proper, that is to say portable articles such as tables and chairs,
dating from the reign of Henry the HENRY-THE-EIGHTH armoire (Now in the ..."
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