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armoire

a wardrobe or cupboard with doors and shelves

Not to be confused with:

amour – a secret love affair

armor – a protective covering; anything that serves as protection

ar·moire

(ärm-wär′, ärm′wär)

A large, often ornate cabinet or wardrobe.

[French armoire, from Old French armaire, from Latin armārium, chest, from arma, tools; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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armoire

(ɑːmˈwɑː)

(Furniture) a large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons

[C16: from French, from Old French armaire, from Latin armārium chest, closet; see ambry]

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ar•moire

(ɑrmˈwɑr, ˈɑrm wɑr)

n.

a large cupboard with doors and shelves.

[1565–75; < Middle French; Old French, b. armaire and aumoire ambry]

armoire

A large ornate cabinet or wardrobe.

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armoire - a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons

wardrobe, closet, press - a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

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You may remember that this trousseau was kept in the old armoire, on the right hand side of the little door of my dressing-room--"

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The corridor terminated in a hall, large, lofty, and square; a glass door on one side showed within a long narrow refectory, with tables, an armoire, and two lamps; it was empty; large glass doors, in front, opened on the playground and garden; a broad staircase ascended spirally on the opposite side; the remaining wall showed a pair of great folding-doors, now closed, and admitting: doubtless, to the classes.

"Step in here a moment," said she, and she held open the door of the side room from whence she had issued on my arrival; it was a SALLE-A-MANGER, as appeared from the beaufet and the armoire vitree, filled with glass and china, which formed part of its furniture.

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The room has wide doors, a king-size French iron bed, armoire, and large writing desk.

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But they were puzzled about where to place a favorite Japanese armoire. So they decided to incorporate the "tansu" cabinet into the kitchen, which was also part of the remodel.

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Mun., armoire 2, laisse 1, published by Hautcoeur, 1872, 213-20.

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Guests enter the "ACT Suite" through a "stage door" at the end of a corridor festooned with theatrical memorabilia; the "green room" (sitting room) provides a writing desk filled with scripts of ACT-produced plays; the "dressing room" (bathroom) abuts the "actor's wardrobe" (armoire); and the bedroom is--you guessed it-"center stage," where all the action takes place.

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for an executive desk, $1,299 for an office armoire, and $199 to $2,699 for a wall configuration.

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In the story "Drawer" a man has put his absent wife's armoire on the beach.

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Each room is decorated with Louisiana wildflowers, a ceiling fan, black and white photos of jazz legends and 19th century furnishings, including a replica of an armoire designed by black furniture maker Pierre Charles Dutreiul Barjon.

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Other relatively inexpensive fixes: replace a single built-in closet with an armoire or wardrobe for each resident.