dressoir

[ dres-war ]

noun

, French Furniture.

, plural dres·soirs [d, r, es-, war].

1. a cabinet of the 18th century, having a number of shallow shelves for dishes over a base with drawers and closed cupboards.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dressoir¹

From French; dresser ¹

Example Sentences

All that the rioters had not taken they had spoiled; even now in one corner a woman was filling her apron with salt from a huge trampled heap, and at the battered dressoir three or four men were plundering.

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Harry’s back was half turned toward him, but he caught a glimpse of the figure in the broad mirror of an old dressoir, and with one sweep of his arm dashed the light over upon the floor.

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The name is derived from the Fr. dressoir, a piece of furniture used to range or dresser the more costly appointments of the table.

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