Crossword clues for etui
etui
- Ornamental bag
- Notions holder
- Needle and thimble case
- Fancy sewing case
- Decorative needle and scissors case
- Case for a seamstress
- Bag for small articles
- Small notions case
- Small needle purse
- Fancy vanity case
- Fancy little sewing case
- Container with tiny scissors
- Case for tweezers, buttons and such
- Case for needles and small scissors
- Vanity case for a woman
- Vanity case for a sewer
- Small-instrument case
- Small carrying case
- Place for toiletries
- Place for needles
- Pin box
- Ornamental needle case
- One may have pins and needles
- Item for a woman's travel bag, perhaps
- It may have notions
- Holder of needle, thread and notions
- Handbag for needles
- Fancy toiletries purse
- Fancy pins-and-needles case
- Decorative little sewing case
- Case of pins and needles?
- Case for tweezers and such
- Case for toiletries
- Case for tiny scissors
- Case for small tools
- Word in the etymology of "tweezers"
- Vanity case's kin
- Vanity case, way fancy
- Vanity case for madam
- Toiletry kit
- Toilet case
- Tailor's needlecase
- Sundries holder
- Storage case for tiny scissors
- Small tool case
- Small sewing bag
- Small sewing accessories case
- Small scissors case
- Small needlecase
- Small decorative case
- Small cosmetics case
- Small case
- Small case for sewing accessories
- Small case for pins and needles
- Small case for a lady
- Sewing-room adjunct
- Sewing shop buy
- Sewing kit
- Sewer's case
- Seamstress' case
- Quilter's accessory case
- Place to get pins and needles
- Place for needles and stuff
- Pins and needles purse
- Pins and needles are on it
- Ornate holder for pins and needles
- Ornamental purse
- Milady's case
- Make-up box
- Madam's sewing case
- Little case
- LadyÂ's small handbag
- Lady's small purse
- Lady's small handbag
- Lady's small case
- Ladies hand bag
- It's not a big case
- It may be used for pins and needles
- Holder of tiny scissors
- Holder of small tools
- Holder of needles and such
- Holder of needles
- Holder of combs, needles, etc
- Holder for pins and needles
- Fancy little toiletries purse
- Fancy little purse
- Fancy holder for needles
- Decorative sewing bag
- Dainty handbag
- Case with needles
- Case with buttons and needles
- Case with buttons
- Case in French
- Case in a purse, perhaps
- Case holding diminutive scissors
- Case for some small, sharp items
- Case for small objects
- Case for small articles
- Case for pins
- Case for odds and ends
- Case for makeup pencils
- Case for combs, perfumes, etc
- Box with buttons, perhaps
- Box for comb, brush, etc
- Box for buttons
- Bodkin holder
- Bauble holder
- Artistic case
- A small case for needlework
- One of two bath towels
- Needle case
- Sewing case
- Place for small scissors
- Decorative case for pins
- Holder of combs, perfumes, etc.
- Pincushion alternative
- Ornamental case
- Sundries case
- Pins and needles holder
- Holder for needles and things
- Toiletries case
- Place for embroidery scissors
- Case for small scissors
- Needle holder
- It has notions
- A case of pins and needles?
- Pins' place
- Place to put a thimble
- Carrier for needles and pins
- Small case that holds combs, perfumes, etc
- Special case?
- Pin's place
- Pin holder
- Needlecase
- One with notions
- В В One of two bath towels
- Item for a travel bag
- German iPod holder
- Place for pins and needles
- Choice for small toiletries
- Decorative needle case
- It has its notions
- It gets notions
- One may get pins and needles
- Holder of notions
- Place for a thimble
- Decorative sewing kit
- Container for folding scissors
- It has many needles
- Seamstress's aid
- Thread holder
- French CD holder
- Decorative kit
- Tiny-scissors holder
- Small French case
- Tailor's case
- Sewing accessory
- Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles
- Sewing box
- Embroiderer's case
- Case for a Dorcas society member
- Sewing kit item
- Ditty bag's cousin
- Cherie's case
- Case for trivia
- Chatelaine's bag
- Small ornamental case
- Crosswordese case
- Glasses case
- Savoie sheath
- Small needle case
- Where to find a thimble
- Needlepoint shop purchase
- Traveler's small case
- Chatelaine's case
- Fancy case
- Vanity case for milady
- Item on a vanity
- Case for pins and needles
- Eyeglass case
- Odds-and-ends holder
- Pins and needles' place
- Reticule's relative
- Small catchall
- Case for needles and pins
- Small case for trivia
- Scissors case
- Case for sewers
- Pocket case
- Where to find a needle
- The case of the seamstress?
- Ditty-box kin
- Get in essentials taking uniform in case
- Case one truck picked up
- Case of online tuition
- Small sewing case
- Film for all to see, introducing current case
- A case of home tuition
- Personal repair kit on display in the Tuileries
- Holder of combs, perfumes, etc
- Decorative sewing case
- Container for small toiletries
- Decorative toiletry case
- Small bag
- Small toiletry case
- Fancy needle case
- Vanity case for a seamstress
- Small ornamental bag
- Small accessory case
- Pins and needles case
- Hand bag
- Case for small toiletries
- Personal articles case
- Case for tweezers, scissors and such
- Case for notions
- Toiletry case
- Notions case
- Small purse
- Ornamental notions case
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, also ettuy, etwee from French étui, Old French estui (12c.) "case, box, container," back-formation from estuier "put in put aside, spare; to keep, shut up, imprison," which is of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin studere "to be diligent."
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of étui English)
WordNet
n. small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles
Usage examples of "etui".
From its chains dangled various chatelettes made from rustproof materials: brass scissors, a golden etui with a manicure set inside, a bodkin, a spoon, a vinaigrette, a needle-case, a small looking-glass, a cup-sized strainer for spike-leaves, a timepiece that had stopped, and whose case was inlaid with ivory and bronze, a workbox containing small reels of thread, an enameled porcelain thimble and a silver one, silver-handled buttonhooks and a few spare buttonsglass-topped, enclosing tiny picturesa miniature portrait of her mother worked in enamels, several rowan-wood tilhals, a highly ornamented anlace, a penknife, an empty silver-gilt snuff-box, and a pencil.
From its chains dangled various chatelettes made from rustproof materials: brass scissors, a golden etui with a manicure set inside, a bodkin, a spoon, a vinaigrette, a needle-case, a small looking-glass, a cup-sized strainer for spike-leaves, a timepiece that had stopped, and whose case was inlaid with ivory and bronze, a workbox containing small reels of thread, an enameled porcelain thimble and a silver one, silver-handled buttonhooks and a few spare buttons—glass-topped, enclosing tiny pictures—a miniature portrait of her mother worked in enamels, several rowan-wood tilhals, a highly ornamented anlace, a penknife, an empty silver-gilt snuff-box, and a pencil.
From its chains dangled various chatelettes made from rustproof materials: brass scissors, a golden etui with a manicure set inside, a bodkin, a spoon, a vinaigrette, a needle-case, a small looking-glass, a cup-sized strainer for spike-leaves, a timepiece that had stopped, and whose case was inlaid with ivory and bronze, a workbox containing small reels of thread, an enameled porcelain thimble and a silver one, silver-handled buttonhooks and a few spare buttons—.
From its chains dangled various chatelettes made from rustproof materials: brass scissors, a golden etui with a manicure set inside, a bodkin, a spoon, a vinaigrette, a needle-case, a small looking-glass, a cup-sized strainer for spike-leaves, a timepiece that had stopped, and whose case was inlaid with ivory and bronze, a workbox containing small reels of thread, an enameled porcelain thimble and a silver one, silver-handled buttonhooks and a few spare buttonsglass-topped, enclosing tiny picturesa miniature portrait of her mother worked in enamels, several rowan-wood tilhals, a highly ornamented anlace, a penknife, an empty silver .