Drawing-room


Draw´ing-room`


n.1.A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
2.The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer.- Macaulay.
Drawing-room car
See Palace car, under Car.