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Tabouret   Listen
noun
Tabouret  n.  
1.
Same as Taboret.
2.
A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; so called from its resemblance to a drum.
3.
An embroidery frame.
Right of the tabouret, the privilege of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French court.





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"Tabouret" Quotes from Famous Books



... to be reason enough," he acquiesced. "You wouldn't give me another if I sat here all night imploring you." He sat close to her on a low tabouret, and as he spoke his fingers lightly touched the hair that fell a little over her forehead. She liked the touch of his fingers through her hair, and closed ...
— The Awakening and Selected Short Stories • Kate Chopin
... great etiquette, a band of music playing in the court, the President in full uniform, surrounded by all his Ministers and aides-de-camp, standing before a throne, under a velvet dais, his feet upon a tabouret, the whole being probably the same as was used by the viceroys. Viva la Republica! C—-n made a discourse to him, and he made one in return, both of which may be found by those who are curious in these matters, in the Diario ...
— Life in Mexico • Frances Calderon De La Barca


Words linked to "Tabouret" :   stool


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