a young woman's collection of clothes, linen, cutlery, etc, in anticipation of marriage
US and Canadian equivalent: hope chest
bottom drawer in American English
(drɔr)
noun
Brit
any drawer used for a hope chest
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, roller coaster, scrum, toner, zoom