withdrawing-roomn.
/wɪðˈdrɔː(r)ɪŋruːm/, /wɪðˈdrɔː(r)ɪŋrʊm/, U.S. /wɪðˈdrɔɪŋˌrum/, /wɪðˈdrɑɪŋˌrum/, /wɪðˈdrɔɪŋˌrʊm/, /wɪðˈdrɑɪŋˌrʊm/, /wɪθˈdrɔɪŋˌrum/, /wɪθˈdrɑɪŋˌrum/, /wɪθˈdrɔɪŋˌrʊm/, /wɪθˈdrɑɪŋˌrʊm/ archaic or Historical.
A room to withdraw to; = drawing room n. 1.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > private or inner room > drawing room
withdrawing-chamber1392
drawing chamber1410
draught-chamber?1454
withdraught1481
withdrawing-room1611
drawing room1635
lounge1938
1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley v. i Ile waite in the with-drawing roome, Vntill you call.
1626 J. Horsey Trav. in S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 4) 985 He was..lead into a with-drawing Roome, where the Lords vsed him with no respect.
1661 Earl of Orrery Coll. State Lett. (1742) 37 Whilst we were in the withdrawing room, making preparations to go into the house of lords.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxvi. 185 The apartments she has to let are..a withdrawing-room, two or three handsome bed-chambers.
1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy xxxii He sat by her in the large withdrawing room, where she was at work.
1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 110 It was William Henry's habit to quietly withdraw and seek Margaret in the withdrawing-room.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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