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cabinetn.adj. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: cabin n., -et suffix1; French cabinet. Etymology: Either (i) < cabin n. + -et suffix1, in early senses at least partly after Middle French, French cabinet small room attached to a larger one (1491), private room (c1515), piece of furniture used to store or display objects (1528), (figuratively) secret repository (of thoughts, etc.) (1534), arbour or bower (in a garden) (1536), room used to store or display precious objects (1542), private room used for secret meetings (1587), private room in which a sovereign's advisers meet (1606 in cabinet du roy ), body of such advisers (1669), or (ii) directly < Middle French cabinet ( < cabine cabin n. + -et -et suffix1), partly with subsequent influence from the α. forms at cabin n.Relationship with French. With the α. forms forms compare the early variants listed at cabin n. and the discussion at that entry. These forms are not paralleled in French, suggesting that (at least in some senses) the English word may not be a direct borrowing. (Sense A. 4a is paralleled somewhat later by French cabanette small hut or cabin (1635; < cabane hut, cabin (see discussion at cabin n.) + -ette -ette suffix).) Parallels in other languages. Compare ( < French) Italian gabinetto , Portuguese gabinete , Dutch kabinet , German Kabinett (all late 16th cent.), all earliest in the sense ‘small room’. Specific forms. With forms in -ette compare -ette suffix. The introduction of l in the γ. forms is unexplained. Specific senses. In sense A. 5 after German Kabinett , denoting a quality of wine (see Kabinett n.). A. n. I. In general use. 1. a. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > for keeping or displaying valuables ?a1549 (1998) I. 258/2 One fayer lardge Cabonett the foreparte and sides couered with crymsen vellat..with the kinges armes crowned. a1631 J. Donne (1959) IV. 49 The best Jewell in the best Cabinet. 1680 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson (1878) I. 232 Tother day, in shifting of a cabinet..I found abundance of yr letters. 1742 Ld. Chesterfield (1932) (modernized text) II. 501 That fine wood, of which you see screens, cabinets, and tea-tables. 1839 C. Thirlwall (new ed.) III. 129 Papers had been found in Alexander's cabinet, containing the outlines of some vast projects. 1912 R. H. Benson v. 95 I shall put it [sc. a stone from the top of the Matterhorn] in a cabinet with the date and circumstances. 1986 C. Kenyon v. 84 Oak cabinets lined the kitchen walls. 2019 22 Nov. 68/2 Erica, his wife, had taken his trophies and displayed them in a purpose-built cabinet in their house. society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] > radio set > cabinet for society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > television set > cabinet 1922 8 Mar. 3/1 A local radio enthusiast built for one hospital a wheel cabinet with a miniature aerial on top. 1962 A. Nisbett 251 Enclosure, a loudspeaker cabinet. 2020 @AllRoundGamerEU 11 July in twitter.com (accessed 17 Dec. 2021) Lets just say its something that will be hidden under my TV in the cabinet and will never see light of day after it is unpacked. 1877 2 Nov. 841 (advt.) Coloured cabinets of pretty faces. 1896 B. L. Farjeon xxxi. 293 ‘Have you a portrait of your son?’ ‘Yes—a cabinet in a frame.’ 1926 11 Mar. 10/7 (advt.) Photography. Three days' Special Offer. Coloured Cabinets given away free. c1550 (1979) 5 I socht all the secreit corneris of my gazophile..vitht in the cabinet of my interior thochtis. 1634 R. Sanderson II. 312 That counsel of His, which is lockt up in the cabinet of His secret will. 1667 H. Oldenburg in (Royal Soc.) 2 411 By Anatomy we have sometimes enter'd into the Chambers and Cabinets of Animal Functions. 1690 J. Locke i. ii. 8 The Senses at first let in particular Idea's, and furnish the yet empty Cabinet. 3. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > private or inner room 1566 Earl of Bedford Murd. Rizzio in H. Ellis (1824) 1st Ser. II. 210 Ther is a Cabinet abowte xij. footes square, in the same a lyttle lowe reposinge bedde, and a table, at the which ther were syttinge at the supper the Quene..and David [Rizzio]. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch 1133 Sending us unto womens chambers and cabinets. 1726 J. Swift I. ii. iii. 48 The King, who was then retired to his Cabinet. 1814 W. Scott I. ii. 20 The stained window of the gloomy cabinet in which they were seated. View more context for this quotation 1822 W. Irving ii. 9 A small cabinet which he calls his study. 1907 H. N. Williams 196 Marguerite hastened to the Queen-Mother's cabinet, where she found both Catherine and the King. 2000 157 597/2 In square footage they equal nearly half the area of the bedroom, cabinet, and book room. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > gallery 1639 F. B. tr. J. L. G. de Balzac IV. 205 You have the perfection of Arts; your Cabinet is a Magazin of ornaments and riches. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 54 in J. Swift et al. A curious Person in a Cabinet of antique Statues. 1796 J. Owen II. 124 The Musæum at Portici is the most interesting cabinet in Europe, to a man not professedly scientific. The generality of cabinets are schools of study, rather than exhibitions. 1803 F. W. Blagdon II. lxxxviii. 579 To visit these men of science..it is expedient either to procure an introduction, or to address them a note, requesting permission to view their cabinet. 1845 M. A. Lower 98 Another griffin's claw..is preserved in the cabinet of antiquities in the King's Library at Paris. 1953 28 Apr. 3/3 The excellent portraits of Dutch cabinet pictures is now completely refurbished and hung in what now amounts to a Dutch cabinet. 1992 36/2 Room 42 became a cabinet for landscape sketches by Corot and Rousseau and fine small paintings by Friedrich, Gaertner and Købke. †4. a. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > temporary hut or tent 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello f. 32 Yet was hee [sc. Romulus] assisted with no better educacion or trayninge vppe thenne in caues and cabynettes [Fr. cabane] of shepherdes. 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges 120 The Lance Knights encamp always in the field very strongly, two or three to a Cabbonet. 1579 J. Bowes tr. I. Gentillet iv. f. 34v In auncyent time, they [sc. the Monks] were contented to dwell in wild fields, and Forrestes, and in little Cabonets, builded in the corner of some Rock. 1638 L. Roberts xii. sig. F5 Five hundred sayle great and small doe from England..unrigge their shippes, [and] set up boothes and cabanets on the shore in divers creekes and harbours. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini i. xxiii. 36 Apollo stood to see this Cavalcata in his little Cabinet, which stands close by Auroras lodging. the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter 1593 W. Shakespeare sig. Fijv The gentle larke..From his moyst cabinet mounts vp on hie. View more context for this quotation a1634 J. Day (Sloane 3150) f. 13v Where snakes..And half-starvd Crocodiles made them sommer beds, & winter Cabbinets. the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > summer-house 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello f. 219v Entringe into a litle arbour or cabynet [Fr. en vn petit cabinet] curiously deckte with diuers bowes & braunches of odiferous smel, he tooke his lute and recorded his sorow. 1590 E. Spenser ii. xii. sig. Bb2 Their gardins did deface, Their arbers spoyle, their Cabinets suppresse. 1610 W. Folkingham i. xii. 44 Externall, as Groues, Arbours, Bowers, Cabinets, Allies, Ambulatories. 1737 P. Miller (ed. 3) Cabinet, in a Garden, is a Conveniency which differs from an Arbour, in this; that an Arbour..is of a great Length..but a Cabinet is either square, circular, or in Cants, making a kind of a Salon. 1770 P. Playstowe (4) x. 120 This pool is bordered with beautiful alleys, in the middle of which is an octagon cabinet. the world > life > the body > [noun] 1600 C. Edmondes i. xv. 39 The inner cabinets and secreter pauillions of the body, where the chiefest part of the soul is most resident. 1614 T. Adams v. 205 Whereas the Soule might dwell in the body..shee findes it a crazy, sickish, rotten cabinet. 1631 R. Brathwait Table sig. †4 Their bodies..were too fraile Cabonets for such rich eminences to lodge in. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > high class or grade 1826 12 Nov. 632/3 Mr Keiffer, Agent to the Domain Johannesberg, begs to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry, that the Vintages 1818 and 1819, Cabinet Wine, are here. 1952 H. W. Allen viii. 157 Those tremendous wines of Schloss Johannisberg and Steinberg, known everywhere, as Cabinet wines, belong to the world of pomp and ceremonial. 1971 H. Meinhard iv. 35 ‘Predicates’, or quality designations..begin at the bottom with ‘Cabinet’ (or ‘Kabinett’), and rise..to the pinnacle of ‘Trockenbeerenauslese’. the world > food and drink > drink > milk drinks > [noun] 1903 29 June 8/6 (advt.) Champagne Mist, Pineapple Cobbler, Coffee Cabinet. 1927 (U.S. National Assoc. Retail Druggists) 9 June 383/2 Chocolate spice cabinet—use large glass, 2 ounces chocolate syrup.., dash of nutmeg, a No.16 scoop of chocolate ice cream, and fill almost full with milk. 1957 M. H. Rose 176 Only ten cents for an ice cream soda, fifteen for a college ice, a cabinet or a banana split. 2020 @G64Joann 23 June in twitter.com (accessed 15 Dec. 2020) You could come to Rhode Island and have a quahog and a lobstah roll. Maybe follow it up with some ice cream with jimmies or maybe a coffee cabinet. II. In political senses. Frequently with capital initial. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > cabinet > meeting of > place of 1604 B. Jonson sig. E This Place, which claimes to be the Seate Of all thy Kingly race: the Cabinet To all thy Counsels; and the iudging Chayre To this thy speciall Kingdome. 1625 W. Yonge (1848) 83 The King made choice of six of the nobility for his Council of the Cabinet. 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc ii. 117 Neither a Man of the Cabinet, nor of the War. 1700 J. Dryden Ded. sig. C You began in the Cabinet what you afterwards practis'd in the Camp. 1804 in Duke of Wellington (1837) III. 145 Equally great in the cabinet as in the field. 1861 A. Trollope I. ii. 28 Harold in early life had intended himself for the cabinet. 1998 (Nexis) 27 Apr. 5 We must lend a hand to these unemployed and bring their cries to the doors of the cabinet. 8. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > cabinet 1644 44. 347 According to..the practice of your Cabinet or Junto; but our State Committee know better. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond 108 Every thing was then managed by the jealousie of her Mysterious Cabinet. 1742 R. North & M. North 180 As for his Lordship's being taken into the Cabinet. 1796 J. Morse (new ed.) II. 6 The cabinets of Europe..have endeavoured to keep up a constant equilibrium between the different states. 1846 H. H. Wilson II. i. 2 He had been authorised by the Prince Regent to attempt the formation of a cabinet. 1916 D. Haig Diary 12 Aug. in (2005) 219 His Majesty..said I had his full confidence as well as that of the Cabinet. 2007 (Nexis) 23 May 9 Details of the plans were discussed at the first official meeting of Mr Salmond's Cabinet yesterday. 2021 (Nexis) 12 July Narendra Modi..carried out a major reshuffle of his cabinet. 1793 J. Madison in (1906) VI. 132 Did no such view of the subject present itself in the discussions of the Cabinet? 1800 Aurora (Philadelphia) 15 May in H. C. Syrett (1977) XXIV. 508 (note) The Cabinet is not only disjointed but broken to pieces. 1874 G. Bancroft iii. 236 The members of the President's Cabinet. 1945 T. A. Bailey xv. 250 The President's position seemed to be..that he would not tolerate having anyone share his authority. If he could not run the Cabinet, then the Cabinet should not run at all. 2016 21 Nov. 34/3 The head of the transition team that was to assemble Mr Trump's cabinet and other government staff. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > cabinet > meeting of 1644 J. Taylor sig. C2 It was long since resolved on at the Cabinet or Iunto in Sir Gilbert Gerards Parlour..that Brownisme be not named yet. 1711 J. Swift (1768) III. 195 To day the duke was forced to go to the race while the cabinet was held. 1805 W. Pitt Let. 21 Apr. in Ld. Stanhope (1879) III. 318 A Cabinet is summoned for twelve to-morrow. 1884 C. W. Dilke in S. Gwynn & G. M. Tuckwell (1917) II. xxxv. 43 Mr. Gladstone had gone down to Coombe, near Wimbledon. On March 22nd we held a Cabinet without him. 1976 H. Wilson iii. 52 It is an old canon of Cabinet lore that ‘Cabinets can't draft’. †B. adj. (in attributive use). the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adjective] 1592 R. Cosin 83 This man attributed much to Cabinet teachers in priuate conuenticles. 1612 F. Bacon (new ed.) x. 63 For which inconueniences, the doctrine of Italy, and practize of France [1625 in some Kings times], hath introduced Cabanet counsels [1625 Cabinet counsels], a remedy worse than the disease. 1638 (1657) vi. 96 That laid open their Cabinet sins. 1654 T. Warren 119 There are some Cabinet, secret thoughts, and purposes in God. 1655 T. Fuller i. 37 As if others..had not received such private Instructions as themselves, being Cabinet-Historians. 1704 III. xi. 197 He was likewise very strict in observing the hours of his private Cabinet Devotions. 1792 Major Neuman tr. J. G. Zimmerman I. v. 47 This was the first and most important of all his cabinet secrets. Phrasessociety > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > [noun] > place for > room or showcase 1695 tr. M. Misson II. xxiv. 66 In the several Cabinets of Curiosities [Fr. Cabinets] that I have seen in my Travels, I have observ'd a prodigious Variety of petrefy'd Bodies, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, Wood, Plants, Bones, Fishes, Bread, pieces of Flesh, and Animals of all sorts. 1782 T. Pennant 114 Among other things worthy of attention in the city, is the cabinet of curiosities, antient, natural, and artificial, in the possession of Mr. Greene, surgeon. 1824 W. S. Landor II. xv. 296 Warton's essay on Pope is a cabinet of curiosities, in which are many trifles worth looking at, nothing to carry about or use. 1875 28 Jan. 388/3 Among the curiosities presented by the California salmon..were some malformations singular enough for a cabinet of wonders. 1949 20 Dec. 2/2 That cabinet of wonders, the U. S. Patent Office. 2016 (Nexis) 31 May 35 The new display will feature glassware and ceramics, taxidermy, birds' eggs, insects, minerals and fossils—a modern spin on a Victorian cabinet of curiosities. Compoundsthe world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small enough to fit in specific container 1661 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Holy Week 8 in tr. J. Böhme My little Cabinet-Treasure. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury iii. iii. 240 One admires Musick and Paintings, Cabinet-Curiositys and in-door Ornaments. 1836 23 Apr. 272/1 The bijou possessed by the British Museum..is a gem among the cabinet treasures of the Museum. 1887 (Ovington Bros.) 10 The best examples of this ware are ornamented vases, which vary in price from..$50.00 to $100.00 for large mantel and cabinet ornaments. 1984 J. Davies ii. 29 The compliment of the cabinet china usually not considered necessary for friends or relatives. 2003 W.Aspray in M. J. Nye V. 599 Until the second half of the nineteenth century, such calculating devices were cabinet curiosities. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [adjective] > of or relating to cabinet 1625 J. Chamberlain in (1858) 12 There is talk of a selected or Cabinet council. 1806 J. Randolph in 17 Mar. 11 My answer was (and from a cabinet minister too), ‘there is no longer any cabinet.’ 1817 1st Ser. 36 934 Did any body suppose that three years were sufficient to be spent in a cabinet office to entitle the individual to a cabinet pension? 1867 W. Bagehot i. 22 This critical opposition is the consequence of cabinet government. 1938 31 The second reading of the Ministers of the Crown Bill..was moved on April 12 by Sir John J. Simon, who pointed out that it was for the first time placing on the Statute-book the terms ‘Cabinet’ and ‘Cabinet Minister’. 1977 N. Sahgal xiii. 128 Sometimes during a Cabinet meeting he said not more than five well-spaced words of one syllable each. 2015 22 Apr. 3/1 Lord Tebbit, another former cabinet secretary, added to the criticism. C3. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > for keeping or displaying valuables 1663 Marquis of Worcester Index 7 A total locking of Cabinet-boxes. 1845 W. Russell in ii. 35 Our village school girls, each with her armful of books..and her little cabinet-box of apparatus or of specimens. 1989 S. Bradfield (1990) ix. 67 I was thoroughly taken with Rodney's chemistry set, a somewhat corroded metal cabinet box which, unfolded, displayed tidy bottles of strange substances with unfamiliar smells, tastes and textures in them. 2011 2 Apr. d7/1 Cigar boxes—or ‘cabinet boxes’, as the deep-set, latch-lidded, cedar variety are called—are the ultimate caches for..odds and ends. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject 1867 12 Jan. (advt.) Cabinet card photographs... Cabinet card albums, & frames of all kinds for sale. 1894 76/1 Cabinet Cards..[are] cards cut 4¼ x 6½, inches, used by photographers for mounting prints of that size. 1986 65 120/3 Women's hairdos, fancy clothing, and the taste for exotic clutter led to large portraits (such as cabinet cards or even larger) and lush studio settings to match. 2008 Mar. 27/2 A parallel exhibition, The Other Victorians, shows daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes de visite and cabinet cards, lent by a private collector. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > cabinet society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > cabinet > meeting of 1625 J. Chamberlain in (1858) 12 There is talk of a selected or Cabinet council. 1647 N. Bacon Concl. 321 The sence of State once contracted into a Privy councell is soon recontracted into a Cabinet councell, and last of all into a Favourite or two. 1668 T. St. Serfe i. ii. 4 I could have wish'd their Cabinet Council had lasted till my love to her Maid had been more advanc'd. 1702 I. ii. 117 These persons made up the Committee of State (which was reproachfully after call'd the Juncto, and enviously then in the Court the Cabinet Council). 1742 R. North & M. North 228 Thus the Cabinet Council, which, at first, was but in the Nature of a private Conversation, came to be a formal Council, and had the Direction of most Transactions, of the Government, foreign and domestick. 1847 J. R. McCulloch (ed. 3) II. iv. iii. 143 Cabinet Council.—This body, though without any recognised legal existence, constitutes, in effect, the government of the country. It consists of a certain number of privy councillors, comprising the principal ministers of the Crown for the time being, who are summoned to attend at each meeting. 1998 5 Apr. 19/1 After presenting his plan to the cabinet council last week, Akis Tsohatzopoulos..flew to Moscow to confirm a deal. 2016 (Nexis) 24 Mar. Both designations were adopted Tuesday at the Cabinet Council. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > cabinet > member of 1607 B. Jonson ii. ii. sig. D4 Most admir'd States-men, profest Fauorites, And cabinet-Councellors, to the greatest Princes. 1640 W. Prynne i. sig. Aiv It seems he is one of Christs Cabinet Counsellors, that he is so intimately privie to his thoughts. 1724 4 Jan. 3178/1 The Commissary of War, Ecloff,..has been appointed Cabinet Counsellor by the Duke of Holstein. 1817 E. Baines I. iii. viii. 513/2 The public could easily perceive the difference between the actual duties of a privy counsellor and those of a cabinet counsellor. 2000 (Nexis) 31 July 10 Pyongyang's delegation is under Senior Cabinet Counsellor Jon Kum-jin. 1805 3 Jan. (advt.) A most elegant Cabinet Edition of the British Poets. 1902 16 Oct. 228 (advt.) New cabinet editions..Illustrated cabinet edition of Tennyson's Poems. 2018 (Nexis) 16 Nov. 6 Also in stock that year [sc. 1890] was a cabinet edition of Shakespeare in 12 volumes. 1759 25 Aug. Mess. Gough and Co, late Giles's Cabinet-Founders and Ironmongers. 1800 227 Underhill, J., Cabinet-founder and Ironmonger. 2019 L. Lindey bifmo.history.ac.uk/blog/a-brass-and-cabinet-founder-in-early-modern-london 20 May (blog, accessed 13 Apr. 2022) John Giles, a London brass and cabinet founder who worked and lived in Addle Street in the parish of St. Mary Aldermanbury, Cripplegate. 1748 14—17 May The several Trades of making Guns, Boxes..,Cabinet-Furniture, Buttons and Buckles. 1827 B. Drake & E. D. Mansfield viii. 59 Our Steam Engines, Castings, Cabinet furniture..are sent to Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana. 2007 31 30/2 The cabinet furniture and items of metal-work were brass. 1885 30 May 2/5 The Colonel..is wideawake, even though his mental activity takes a lower range of business than that of the Cabinet level. 1942 13 Sept. 1/7 A cabinet-level British-U.S.-Canadian conference ended yesterday with agreement on a 10-point treatment for Britain's dollar ills. 1980 5 Dec. 6/2 Mr. Reagan is..turning to former Nixon administration officials..to fill key cabinet-level posts. 2000 (Nexis) 3 Dec. 3 He refused to comment on what action Australia could take if the situation did not change, but said it was a decision that would be taken at Cabinet level. 1669 G. Clerke Let. 18 Oct. in H. Oldenburg (1969) VI. 288 I first designd these sayles to draw up water, and thought to have joynd ym to a double pump..as ye bellows are in Cabinett-organs. 1881 Nov. 131/1 It was one of those deceptive New England cottages, weather-worn without, but bright and bountifully home-like within—with its trim parlor, proud of a cabinet organ. 1941 (Lawrence County Hist. Assoc.) 25 The small cabinet organ which Mr Sankey used as an accompaniment to his voice, was referred to in Scotland as the ‘Kist O'Whistles’ and his song books as the ‘Little Sankeys’. 2008 E. Keillor vi. 127 To meet the demand for parlour instruments, many companies produced reed cabinet organs. 1856 4 Nov. (Morning ed.) 3/6 (advt.) A superb cabinet photograph of Wheatland, the residence of the Hon. James Buchanan. 1906 N. Munro Dougie's Family in (1997) xx. 88 In an ill-advised moment of parental pride and joy the mate brought on board one day a cabinet photograph of himself and his wife and the ten children. 2006 24 Nov. 25/2 A half-length cabinet photograph of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Konstantin Shapiro, shows the bearded novelist seated. 1811 30 Jan. (advt.) A Patent Cabinet Piano, by Wilkinson. 1828 26 Dec. (advt.) An excellent 6-octave Cabinet Piano, in handsome French polished mahogany case, circular fall, Parisian columns. 1900 21 Apr. (Suppl.) 2/2 There will be a loan collection of the musical instruments of the century, from the early square and cabinet pianos, to the grands of the present time. 2017 (Nexis) 25 Oct. Adrian said it was a ‘real privilege’ to play Emily's cabinet piano. 1807 27 284 (list of patents) William Southwell, of the city of Dublin, musical-instrument-maker; for certain improvements upon a piano-forte, which is so constructed as to prevent the possibility of its being so frequently out of tune, as piano-fortes now generally are, which he denominates ‘A Cabinet Piano-Forte’. 1881 B. H. Becker vi. 148 The best parlour, a room large enough, but blackened with smoke, and unutterably depressing, despite the cabinet pianoforte opposite the fireplace. 2020 61 333 In the 1860s, with advancements in steam-powered ships, a cornucopia of..musical albums and rosewood cabinet pianofortes built especially for India flooded the city's markets. 1744 16 Nov. Chimney and Door Pieces, Cabinet Pictures, and several Pieces unfram'd, for Transportation. 1887 25 Mar. 421/2 He can produce an unambitious though not unsatisfying tiny cabinet picture. 2005 10 June 26/2 Most of the paintings are cabinet pictures, often small in scale, but rich in detail. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > plum pudding 1818 L. E. Ude (ed. 5) 328 Cabinet Pudding, or Chancellor's Pudding. 1821 W. Kitchiner (ed. 3) 430 Newcastle or Cabinet Pudding. Butter a half melon mould, or quart basin, and stick all round with dried cherries, or fine raisins, and fill up with bread and butter. 1958 B. Hamilton i. 18 Picking with extreme caution at the last vestiges of a sort of cabinet pudding. 2005 14 Aug. (Culture section) 36/2 We learn how to make cabinet pudding and how to dress everything from a turkey to a table. 1669 S. Pepys 1 Jan. (1976) IX. 405 Up, and..to the cabinet-shops to look out, and did agree for a Cabinett to give my wife. 1817 S. R. Brown 93 There are..five cabinet shops. 2011 B. Marcus in 8 Aug. 58/1 I work at a cabinet shop, Rick. We make custom kitchen cabinets. I operate the tenoning jig. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small enough to fit in specific container 1810 Apr. 270/2 The prevalence of fancy works and cabinet-sized pictures in this exhibition. 1889 Feb. 5/1 25 tamerand beans, 1 starfish, and 10 tin-tags, for every labeled cabinet sized mineral sent me. 1913 9 Apr. 12/6 (advt.) Other Cabinet Sized Hornless Machines at $30.00 and $20.00. 1983 22 Nov. 15/3 The original commercial version..was a cabinet-sized computer in its own right. 2015 4 Jan. (Culture section) 40/1 His wedding present to her is a cabinet-sized replica of his house. 2016 (Nexis) 17 Sept. a2 [An] enlargement process to make cabinet-sized photos (about 4.5x6.5 inches) larger and more suitable for hanging on the wall as portraits. 1705 13 Oct. The Upholstery and Cabinet Wares, and other Goods, as soon as can be set up, publick Notice will be given. 1851 C. Cist 197 The ordinary cabinet-ware coffins. 2002 (Nexis) 18 June (Business section) 25 The 395,000 sq ft facility will become Newell's new base in the UK for the distribution of its..cabinet ware. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > of cabinet quality 1704 Nat. Hist. vii, in L. Wafer (ed. 2) 232 Cabinet-wood. Is a high Tree with blew Flowers: the Wood is mixt with red and black, and is much used in Carving, Inlaying, &c. 1849 J. H. Freese 17 Cabinet woods, are the qualities used for making all kinds of household furniture, as mahogany, rose-wood, cedar, satin-wood. 2002 10 12 The jack tree..thrived in Ceylon and is recorded as a cabinet wood in many sources. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). cabinetv. Etymology: < cabinet n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcabinet. the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > in or as in other specific receptacle or enclosure c1642 11 That government, which our Laws are lockt and cabenetted in. 1658 J. Hewitt 87 To adore the Casket, and contemn the Jewel that is cabinetted in it. 1660 80 The Priest, who as yet was cabinetted up in the Merchants house. 1854 J. W. Warter v. 44 That a heart of hearts was cabinetted in a person the most attractive. 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