Dressing-table

  • 21Dressing Room —    Space was designated backstage where actors could prepare for performances. By 1880, such spaces in newly constructed theatres were individual rooms for the leading players and larger common rooms for the supporting cast and chorus. Typically …

    The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • 22table — [[t]te͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ tables, tabling, tabled 1) N COUNT A table is a piece of furniture with a flat top that you put things on or sit at. She was sitting at the kitchen table eating a currant bun... I placed his drink on the small table at his… …

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  • 23table — Synonyms and related words: Domesday Book, account, account book, address book, adjourn, adversaria, album, alkali flat, alluvial plain, ambo, annals, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, bar, basin, bench, billiard table,… …

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  • 24dressing glass — noun Date: 1703 a small mirror set to swing in a standing frame and used at a dresser or dressing table …

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  • 25dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table. [1705 15] * * * …

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  • 26dressing glass — noun : a small mirror set to swing in a standing frame for use on a dresser or chest * * * a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table. [1705 15] …

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  • 27table — n. piece of furniture 1) to lay (esp. BE), set (esp. AE) a table 2) to clear a table 3) a card; coffee; dining room; dressing; drop leaf; end; folding; kitchen; night; operating; ping pong; pool; tray; writing table 4) (AE) a training table (for… …

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  • 28vanity table — Dressing table Dressing table, n. a table, usually having a vertical back piece containing a mirror, at which a person may sit while dressing or applying makeup, and on which articles for the toilet stand. It often has drawers for toiletries,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29table — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of furniture ADJECTIVE ▪ big, high, huge, large, long ▪ little, low, small ▪ …

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  • 30Toilet table — Toilet Toi let, n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See {Toil} a net.] 1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room. [1913 Webster] 2. A dressing table. Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Act or mode of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English