recamier
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French récamier, named after the 19th century French socialite Juliette Récamier.
Noun
recamier (plural recamiers)
- An old-fashioned couch with headrest and footrest.
- 2008, Linda L. Richards, Death Was the Other Woman: A Mystery, →ISBN:
- When it read five thirty and no one had come into the room, I got off the recamier and quietly started to work.