etagere

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornamentsType of furniture, piece of furnitureParts shelf
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

É′ta′gère′ noun

Origin: F., fr. étager to arrange on shelves, fr. étage story, floor. See Stage.

A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fred. William Fairholt

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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