Hypertext Webster Gateway: "escritoire"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Escritoire \Es`cri*toire"\, n. [OF. escritoire, F. ['e]critoire,
LL. scriptorium, fr. L. scriptorius belonging to writing, fr.
sribere to write. See {Script}, and cf. {Scrutoire}.]
A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with
drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing
desk.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
escritoire
n : a desk used for writing [syn: {secretary}, {writing table},
{secretaire}]
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