单词 | outchamber |
释义 | outchambern. Now historical. (a) A room outside a house, or other structure. (b) An outer room, an antechamber. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > anteroom outchamberc1475 antechamber1587 anticamera1625 outer rooma1637 passage room1666 anteroom1668 entre salle1841 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > outlying room outchamberc1475 by-room1598 outroom1602 by-chamber1853 c1475 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 145 (MED) In that couent were they [sc. Patience and Charity] nowȝt, But an owte chamber for hem was wrowȝt. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 312 He was put alone in an out chambre. 1568 Deceit of Women 25 And so brought hym into a lytle out chamber ferre from his owne chamber. 1625 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 314 I aske your leave, that I may hide my selfe in your out-chamber. 1665 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1909) 3rd Ser. II. 83 They being..in ane out-chalmer. 1796 T. Jefferson Let. 19 Aug. in Papers (2002) XXIX. 170 Patsy is removed into the Outchamber, the chamber being dismantled. 1951 William & Mary Q. 8 577 The school at Monticello was in the out-chamber fifty yards off from the great house. 1993 18th-cent. Stud. 26 616 Jefferson's first building at Monticello, the south outchamber (1769), frequently called the ‘honeymoon cottage’ to which he brought his bride in 1772, was built in the form of a pavilion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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