Settee
[se'tiː] or [sɛ'ti]
Definition
(n.) A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
(n.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
Typist: Weldon
Definition
n. a long seat with a back esp. a sofa for two.
n. a single-decked Mediterranean vessel with long prow and lateen sails.
Checked by Abram
Examples
- The Prime Minister rose from the settee. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He sank with a deep groan on the settee and buried his face in his manacled hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr Twemlow takes his station on a settee before her, and Mrs Lammle shows him a portrait. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She gave her hand for a moment, and then they went to sit down near the window, she on one settee and he on another opposite. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Next he assisted her into the room, where there was an old-fashioned horsehair settee as large as a donkey wagon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She remained on the settee some time longer, when she aroused herself and went upstairs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Try the settee, said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Tess