drawing-room
11drawing room — 1640s, short for withdrawing room (see WITHDRAW (Cf. withdraw)), into which ladies would go after dinner …
12Drawing-room — (engl., spr. drāing ruhm), Gesellschaftszimmer, Salon; D. des Königs (der Königin), Empfang der hoffähigen Personen …
13Drawing room — (Drahing ruhm), engl., die Gallacour am engl. Hofe …
14Drawing room — Reconstructed drawing room of Sir William Burrell; part of the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, Scotland A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the sixteenth century terms withdrawing room… …
15drawing room — noun 1. a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑withdrawing room • Hypernyms: ↑reception room 2. a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet • Hypernyms: ↑comp …
16drawing room — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms drawing room : singular drawing room plural drawing rooms old fashioned a living room …
17Drawing-Room — Draw|ing|room, (auch:) Draw|ing Room [ drɔ:ɪŋrʊm], der; s, s [engl. drawing room, eigtl. = Zimmer, in das man sich zurückzieht]: engl. Bez. für Empfangszimmer …
18DRAWING-ROOM — n. 1 a room for comfortable sitting or entertaining in a private house. 2 (attrib.) restrained; observing social proprieties (drawing room conversation). 3 US a private compartment in a train. 4 hist. a levee, a formal reception esp. at court.… …
19drawing-room — Levee Lev ee (l[e^]v [ e]; often l[e^]v*[=e] in U. S.), n. [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See {Lever}, n.] 1. The act of rising. The sun s levee. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, in… …
20Drawing-room car — Drawing room Draw ing room , n. [Abbrev. fr. withdraw ing room.] 1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room. [1913 Webster] 2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a… …
