| 单词 | indian cabinet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian cabinet Indian cabinet n. now chiefly historical a cabinet incorporating designs characteristic of China (or elsewhere in East Asia), of a type originally imported by the East India Company; cf. India cabinet n. at India n. 3d. ΚΠ 1638 Inventory Viscountess Dorchester in Notes & Queries (1953) 416 Indian cabinett. 1758 A. Walker Compl. Syst. Family Bk.-keeping 11 A Desk and Book-case... An Indian Cabinet... A rich Crimson Damask Bed. 1813 J. Hodgson & F. C. Laird Beauties of Eng. & Wales XII. ii. 341 Here is also a high wrought Indian cabinet, ornamented with paintings of Chinese figures. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xix. 280 Amy's chief delight was an Indian cabinet, full of queer drawers, little pigeonholes, and secret places. 2005 C. Edwards Turning Houses into Homes iii. 49 Mrs Ann Wraughton (1694)..specialized in the sale of japanned and Indian cabinets. < as lemmas |
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