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Definition of Settee
1. Noun. A long wooden bench with a back.
2. Noun. A small 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
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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