| 单词 | knole settee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKnole settee A sofa designed in the style of an early 17th-century model, having adjustable sides that may be lowered to make it into a day-bed. So Knole couch, Knole settee. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > folding bed for camp or travelling > sofa-bed or chair-bed settee-bed1769 chair-bed1805 sofa-bed1805 sofa-bedstead1833 put-you-up1924 bed-settee1933 Knole sofa1942 Winnipeg couch1954 sleeper1973 1868 C. L. Eastlake Hints Househ. Taste vi. 142 The sofa at Knole..is an example of thoroughly good design... The sides can be raised or lowered..thus enabling the sofa to be used as a couch or a settee, at pleasure.] 1942 R. King Design in Evil xxi. 207 A Knole sofa sheened with lemon-colored damask. 1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. xv. 122 Two fringed and tasselled Knole settees. 1945 Burlington Mag. May 114/1 The famous Knole couch..is the first comfortable type of couch that was made in England. 1951 A. Christie They came to Baghdad ii. 17 That Knole settee..in electric blue satin. < as lemmas |
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