veilleuse

American  

[ve-yœz] / vɛˈyœz /

noun

French Furniture.

plural

veilleuses

1. a sofa having a low and a high end, with a back that slopes from one end to the other.

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Etymology

Origin of veilleuse

< French: literally, watcher (opposed to sleeper), equivalent to veill ( er ) to watch (< Latin vigilāre; vigil ) + -euse -euse

Example Sentences

On the little altar the veilleuse flickered upwards to the silver crucifix; and from above, the Mother of Consolation regarded me with grave, sad eyes that made me afraid of my purpose.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

Happily she was yet awake; and, by the light of a night-lamp or veilleuse recognized No�l, who, with clasped hands, conjured her to take pity upon him.

From Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de

I should know at last what fate was Anthony Kinsella’s—but I dared not look behind me to where the veilleuse gleamed on the drooping head of Christ who died for sinners.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia