furniture

substantivo

1. 1

   Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

   The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.

   How much furniture did they leave behind?

   A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture.

   They bought a couple of pieces of furniture.

2. 2

   The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.

   We commend a horse because he is strong and nimble,[…]and not for his furniture: a greyhound for his swiftnesse, not for his collar: a hawke for her wing, not for her cranes or bells.

   Amongst the rich this part of a hawk's furniture is ornamented with embroidery, handsome silver aigrettes, tassels and other decorations.

   Horse furniture included a white sheepskin with red ‘wolf's teeth’; blue shabraque with yellow edging and royal cypher; blue valise with yellow edging.

3. 3

   Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.

   […]a new universal pistol, one to be carried by each man, with a 9-inch barrel of musket-bore and an iron ramrod carried in the holster; the furniture was reduced to just a brass trigger guard (no butt-plate), and some were fitted with Nock's lock.

4. 4

   obsoletoAn accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming.

   A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.

5. 5

   The stock and forearm of a weapon.

6. 6

   históricoThe pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.

7. 7

   calãoThe stumps.

8. 8

   Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols).

   It read: “This article was amended on 3 January 2023. The original furniture said the fireworks display was on Christmas Eve.”

9. 9

   A type of mixture organ stop.

10. 10

    arcaicoDraped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc.

11. 11

    obsoletoClothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit.

12. 12

    obsoletoArms and armor, equipment of war.

13. 13

    arcaicoEquipment for work, apparatus, tools, instruments.

14. 14

    obsoletoCondiments of a salad.

15. 15

    obsoletoStock, supply, stores, provisions.

16. 16

    obsoletoContents; that with which something is filled or stocked.

17. 17

    Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library.

18. 18

    obsoletoThe action of furnishing or supplying.

19. 19

    obsoletoThe condition of being equipped, prepared, or mentally cultivated.

Formas

plural

furnitures