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Definition of Escritoire
1. Noun. A desk used for writing.
Definition of Escritoire
1. n. A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.
Definition of Escritoire
1. Noun. A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Escritoire
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Escritoire
Literary usage of Escritoire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Artillery Officer in the Mexican War, 1846-7: Letters of Robert Anderson by Robert Anderson, Eba Anderson Lawton (1911)
"The night before was too damp and cold for me to open my escritoire. But I will
not now tire you by too long a talk. Good-night. Saturday, I4th. Last was a ..."
2. The Despatches of William Perwich: English Agent in Paris, 1669-1677 by William Perwich (1903)
"Going from Berlin hee by neglect left on his table his escritoire, wherein were
all his papers & instructions from France in cypher, with the cypher itselfe ..."
3. Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield (1899)
"... INFLUENCE Antoinette " cylinder-fronted marqueterie escritoire in the Jones
Collection (illustrated below). The marqueterie is attributed to Riesener, ..."
4. A Biography of the Brothers Davenport: With Some Account of the Physical and by Thomas Low Nichols (1864)
"... Story—The escritoire unlocked—Mrs. Hands testimony. THESE manifestations, as
I may have mentioned, however triumphantly given, in spite of all the ..."
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