单词 | secretaire |
释义 | † secretairen.1 Obsolete. rare. = secretary n.1 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > clerical > secretarial notarya1382 secretaire1390 secretary14.. munshi1622 sec.1641 Clerk of the Chamber1670 secy.1801 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 31 Fulfild of Slowthes essamplaire Ther is yit on, his Secretaire, And he is cleped Negligence. 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 25 Maister Aleyn Chareter..secretaire to Charlys le bien amée [sic.]. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 210 Thenne sayd the secretare, ‘Sire, your commaundemente shall be doon.’ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 35 The letters missyves of suche as be secreatores in the sayd countreis. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 46 Gardner cecretore un to the byshoppe of Wynchester. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). secretairen.2 a. A piece of furniture, usually cabinet-shaped, in which private papers can be kept, with a shelf for writing on, and drawers and pigeon-holes; a bureau. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > writing desk writing desk1598 writing tablea1613 scritory1616 scrutoire1665 scriptor1666 bureau1698 escritoire1707 secretaire1771 secretary1803 bonheur du jour1820 table desk1820 bureau plat1887 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > desk > [noun] deskc1405 lectern1509 dess1552 book desk1686 prie-dieu1687 bureau1698 secretary1803 toys1816 secretaire1818 consulting-desk1823 slope1833 box-desk1860 roll-top1884 type-desk1901 partners' desk1925 partners' pedestal desk1930 console1944 1771 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1919) 14 136 If you have moved it thence it may be in the old secretare in the Chappell. 1792 T. Blaikie Diary Sc. Gardener (1931) 235 He was forced by them to come to force or break open the Secretaire and drawers. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 255 A cracked brown cann, with a piece of leather tied over the top. Its contents seemed to be written papers, thrust in disorder into this uncommon secrétaire. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 321/2 Description of an improved method of constructing large Secretaires and Writing-tables. 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 119 Kate turned to her little secretaire and touched the spring of a secret place. b. secrétaire à abattant n. /a abatɑ̃/ a variety of fall-front writing cabinet (see quot. 1977). ΚΠ 1920 F. M. Atkinson tr. R. de Félice Fr. Furnit. Middle Ages ii. ii. 56 The secrétaire à abattant is one of the favourite pieces of this epoch... That is the large drop-front escritoire, a serious, rather masculine piece. 1936 Burlington Mag. May p. xvii/1 A magnificent upright Louis Quinze secrétaire à abattant, by B.V.R.B. (Boucher, already mentioned). 1967 Times 14 Mar. 21/6 Today,..at 11 a.m. at Blenstock House... Bureau Bookcase.., a Dutch Marquetry Secretaire a abattant. 1977 J. Fleming & H. Honour Penguin Dict. Decorative Arts 718/1 A secrétaire à abattant..was first made in the c17 and was very popular in late- c18 France. It stands against a wall and looks like a cabinet or cupboard with the fall-front flap closed vertically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.11390n.21771 |
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