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‖ dormeuse|dɔrˈmœːz|
Also 8 -ouse.
[Fr.; fem. of dormeur sleeper, applied to articles convenient for sleeping, f. dormir to sleep.]
†1. A hood or nightcap. Obs.
1734Mrs. Delany Life & Corr. (1861) I. 479, I have sent you..a dormeuse patron. 1753― Let. Mrs. Dewes in Life & Corr. 260 She had not yet been able to get her dormouse.
2. A travelling-carriage adapted for sleeping in.
1808M. Wilmot Jrnl. 16 Aug. (1934) iii. 363 We..set off in the Dormeuse 4 horses abreast & two before. 1825Visc. S. de Redcliffe in S. L. Poole Life (1888) I. 357 The two dark green carriages—a Dormeuse and Britchka, which you saw..at Windsor. 1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. (1851) 216 A dormeuse and four drove up to the inn door to change horses.
3. A kind of couch or settee.
1865Ouida Strathmore I. vi. 94 (Stanf.) He lay back in a dormeuse before the fire. |