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sofa|ˈsəʊfə|
Also 7 soffa, 7–9 sopha; 8 sophee, sophy, 9 vulg. sofy.
[= F. sofa, sopha, It., Sp., and Pg. sofa, ad. Arab. ṣoffah.]
1. In Eastern countries, a part of the floor raised a foot or two, covered with rich carpets and cushions, and used for sitting upon.
α1625Purchas Pilgrims II. ix. 1581 A Sofa spread with very sumptuous Carpets of Gold,..vpon which the Grand Signior sitteth. 1682Lond. Gaz. No. 1683/3 The Grand Vizier came thither soon after, and sate down on a Stool placed on the Sofa. 1717Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. (1893) I. 284 The next room is a very large one paved with marble, and all round it, raised, two sofas of marble, one above another. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 104 He..beheld..a young man sitting on a sofa raised to the height of a cubit from the floor.
βc1637Sir G. Courthop Mem. 124 A Sopha, which is a place raised from the floor about a foot to sit on. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece v. 350 Making us sit upon a Sopha, and drink Coffee with him. 1808Parsons Trav. Asia, etc. ii. 22, I paid a visit to the pasha..and found him sitting on his sopha.
transf.1768Sterne Sent. Journ., The Grace, The old man and his wife.., placing me betwixt them, sat down upon a sopha of turf by the door.
2. A long, stuffed seat with a back and ends or end, used for reclining; a form of lounge or couch.
α1717Berkeley Tour Italy Wks. 1871 IV. 530 The bridegroom sits on a very low sort of seat not unlike an oriental sofa. 1784Cowper Task i. 88 Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs, And luxury th' accomplish'd Sofa last. 1812Crabbe Tales v. 530 The splendid sofa, which, though made for rest, He then had thought it freedom to have press'd. 1849Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. II. 47 Sofas, rocking chairs, tables, and a stove are placed in this room. 1877Mrs. Forrester Mignon I. 275 She makes him lie on a sofa near the open window.
transf.1864E. Burritt Walk 313 A row of flower sofas reaching round the garden.
β1728Young Love of Fame v. 135 On her sophee she sits, Vouchsafing audience to contending wits. 1753–4Richardson Grandison (1781) V. xxiv. 146, I threw myself on a sopha. 1806Beresford Miseries Hum. Life ii. xxxiii, After having..diffused yourself on the sopha. 1832Country Houses II. xii. 10 On a sopha in the green-room.
3. attrib., as sofa-corner, sofa-cover, sofa-cushion, etc.
1797–1805S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. III. 139 A circular pavilion, elegantly fitted up with cushions and sopha seats. 1805Times 7 Nov. 4/2 Card, sofa, and Pembroke tables. 1807Jane Austen Let. 8 Feb. (1932) I. 49 There will then be the Window-Curtains, sofa-cover, & a carpet to be altered. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Doubts & F. v, On the opposite side of the sofa table. 1840Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story vi, That well-known sofa-corner. 1848― Van. Fair xxi, It was all I could do to prevent myself from throwing the sofa-cushion at her. a1848Marryat Valerie viii, The bottle..which I had..left under the sofa-pillow. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton I. vii. 115 The dead body..which she was laying out on a board, placed on a sort of sofa-settee. 1861C. M. Yonge Young Step-Mother xxiii. 333 She felt the misfortune to the beautiful new sofa-cover as a most serious calamity. 1937Burlington Mag. May 240/1 Attempts to introduce gothic ornament into a sofa-table, a bookcase or a chair. 1968Canad. Antiques Collector Aug. 6/2 (Advt.), Exceptionally fine Rosewood Regency sofa table. 1978–9House & Garden Dec./Jan. 78/2 Striped Welsh flannel chair and sofa covers.
b. Objective, as sofa-maker, sofa-stuffer.
1836T. Hook G. Gurney (1850) I. iii. 43 My friend, the sofa-maker, never troubled himself to inquire after me. 1859J. C. Atkinson Walks & Talks (1892) 4 A beard that would have been a small fortune to a sofa-stuffer.
4. Special combs., as sofa-back, (a) an antimacassar; (b) the back of a sofa; sofa-bed, -bedstead, a piece of furniture so constructed as to form a sofa or bed as required; sofa-carriage, a carriage having the seat made like that of a sofa; sofa-ridden, confined to a sofa (nonce-wd.); † sofa stall, a seat in a hall or theatre made like a sofa.
1878Geo. Eliot Let. 27 June (1956) VII. 33 The sorrows of those who can afford..to think of anything better than *sofa-backs. 1880L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery 63 Design for sofa-back cover. 1894‘Mark Twain’ in Century Mag. Jan. 338/2 Tom..hoisted a leg over the sofa-back.
1805*Sofa bed [see chair-bed s.v. chair n.1 15]. 1816H. Repton Landsc. Gard., Fragm. on Theory (1840) 585 To have dressing-rooms, in which *sofa-beds may..be used. 1823De Quincey Incognito Wks. 1862 X. 9 Down went the little sofa-bed in a closet. 1891Hardy Tess xxxvii. (1900) 92 She induced him to lie down on his own sofa bed.
1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §650 We shall give some Designs..for *sofa-bedsteads. 1841Thackeray Gt. Hoggarty Diam. xi, A little dusky sofa-bedstead (woe betide him who has to sleep on it!).
1822–29Good Study Med. III. 234 The use of his easy and convenient *sofa-carriage. 1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 5686, Sofa carriages, especially constructed for spinal complaints.
1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 496 There she sat, *sofa-ridden.
1862Notice Mason Jones' Oration on Garibaldi 8 Apr., *Sofa Stalls. Four Shillings.
Hence ˈsofaed ppl. a., (a) seated as on a sofa; (b) furnished with a sofa or sofas. ˈsofane a., pertaining to a sofa (nonce-wd.).
1789E. Darwin Bot. Gard. ii. (1791) 69 Sopha'd on silk, amid her charm-built towers,..In sullen apathy Papaver nods. 1802T. Campbell Let. 28 Aug. (1849) I. xv. 397 A lord's house, fashionable strangers, sofa'd saloons, and winding galleries. 1842Dickens Let. 3 Jan. (1974) III. 7 A comfortable room,..well-lighted, sofa'd, mirrored, and so forth. 1860G. Vandenhoff Dramatic Reminiscences vi. 104 A very good-sized room had been fitted up as my dressing-room, cleaned, carpeted, sofa'd, well lit. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. vi, A sofa, of incomprehensible form regarded from any sofane point of view. 1934‘A. Bridge’ Ginger Griffin ii. 22 The Grant-Howards sat in the green-sofa'd saloon. |