tricliniumn.
/trʌɪˈklɪnɪəm/, /trᵻˈklɪnɪəm/, /trɪˈklʌɪnɪəm/, U.S. /traɪˈklɪniəm/ Roman History.
A couch, running round three sides of a table, on which to recline at meals; a table-couch; also, a room for eating in; a dining-room.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > dining-room
parlourc1384
cenaclea1400
triclinec1440
dining room?1576
dining hall1598
eating-room1613
triclinium1646
supper rooma1661
coffee-room1712
breakfast-room1732
salle-à-manger1762
mess-room1774
refreshment room1785
breakfast-parlour1802
noon-hall1828
dinner room1853
Speisesaal1871
diner1907
dinette1920
breakfast-nook1931
brunch bar1940
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > dining room
cenaclea1400
triclinec1440
parlour1526
dining room?1576
dining hall1598
eating-room1613
triclinium1646
supper rooma1661
coffee-room1712
salle-à-manger1762
mess-room1774
sala1774
noon-hall1828
dinner room1853
Speisesaal1871
diner1907
dinette1920
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > for reclining at meals
dining bed1577
triclinium1646
feast-beda1661
supper beda1661
table couch1783
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xviii. 381 Fishponds, Gardens, Tricliniums . View more context for this quotation
1797 S. Lysons Acct. Rom. Antiq. Woodchester 17 These [apartments] occupy the situation assigned by Vitruvius for the triclinia of the spring and autumn.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 106 In the Triclinium of the old palace of the Lateran.
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