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...all couched in her graceful and poised prose.
...all couched in her graceful and poised prose.
Reupholstered
vb 1. to upholster again or differently 2. to upholster again or differently Collins English ...
diwan
or divan
Islamic hall, court, council-chamber, court of justice, or audience-chamber.
divan
1. In Muslim countries, a council room or hall for a court of justice.
2. A smoking room.
A divan (Greek: ντιβάνι divani) is a piece of couch-like sitting furniture.
Originally, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire), a divan was a long seat formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon the floor, or upon a raised structure or frame, with cushions to lean against.
Divans received this name because they were generally found along the walls in Middle Eastern council chambers of a bureau called divan or diwan (from Persian, meaning a government council or office, from the bundles of papers they processed, and next their council chambers). Divans are a common feature of the liwan, a long vaulted narrow room in Levantine homes. The sofa/couch sense was taken into English in 1702.
The divan in this sense has been commonly known in Europe certainly since about the middle of the 18th century. It was fashionable, roughly speaking, from 1820 to 1850, wherever the romantic movement in literature penetrated. All the boudoirs of that generation were garnished with divans. They even spread to coffee-houses, which were sometimes known as divans or Turkish divans, and a cigar divan remains a familiar expression.
vb 1. to upholster again or differently 2. to upholster again or differently Collins English ...
couch1
Syllabification: (couch)
Pronunciation: /kouCH/
noun
verb
[with object]Origin:
Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense 'lay something down'): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare 'place together' (see collocate)diwan
or divan
Islamic hall, court, council-chamber, court of justice, or audience-chamber.
divan
1. In Muslim countries, a council room or hall for a court of justice.
2. A smoking room.
A divan (Greek: ντιβάνι divani) is a piece of couch-like sitting furniture.
Originally, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire), a divan was a long seat formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon the floor, or upon a raised structure or frame, with cushions to lean against.
Divans received this name because they were generally found along the walls in Middle Eastern council chambers of a bureau called divan or diwan (from Persian, meaning a government council or office, from the bundles of papers they processed, and next their council chambers). Divans are a common feature of the liwan, a long vaulted narrow room in Levantine homes. The sofa/couch sense was taken into English in 1702.
The divan in this sense has been commonly known in Europe certainly since about the middle of the 18th century. It was fashionable, roughly speaking, from 1820 to 1850, wherever the romantic movement in literature penetrated. All the boudoirs of that generation were garnished with divans. They even spread to coffee-houses, which were sometimes known as divans or Turkish divans, and a cigar divan remains a familiar expression.
Source
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- EtymologyOnLine
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