Crossword clues for escritoire
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Escritoire \Es`cri*toire"\, n. [OF. escritoire, F. ['e]critoire, LL. scriptorium, fr. L. scriptorius belonging to writing, fr. sribere to write. See Script, and cf. Scrutoire.] A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"piece of furniture with conveniences for writing," 1706, from French écritoire (Old French escritoire, 12c., "desk, carrel"), from Late Latin scriptorium "place for writing" (see scriptorium).
Wiktionary
n. A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
WordNet
n. a desk used for writing [syn: secretary, writing table, secretaire]
Usage examples of "escritoire".
But the room was so jammed with breakfronts and escritoires and armoires and highboys and lowboys and Welsh dressers and wardrobes and grandfather clocks and so on, that I could not guess where the windows were.
Persian rugs, the escritoire with its onyx penholders, a case of silvery duelling pistols and other guns, an icon with a white unliving face.
The first paper he pulled from his portable escritoire was the old letter of injunction from Defender Belam.
It lifted readily, without tearing, its gum was wet and more abundant than usual--in fact, it felt confoundedly like library paste, a pot of which, in an ornamental holder, was among the fittings of the escritoire.
Meanwhile, Kennedy, who had been drumming absently on the arms of his chair, suddenly rose and walked quietly over to a scrap basket that stood beside an escritoire.