Escritoire

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  escritoire
       n : a desk used for writing [syn: {secretary}, {writing table},
           {secretaire}]