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encoignure

[ en-kon-yer, -koin-, ahn-; French ahn-kaw-nyyr ]

noun

, French Furniture.
, plural en·coi·gnures [en-, kon, -yerz, -, koin, -, ahn-, ah, n, -kaw-, nyyr].
  1. a low corner cabinet.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of encoignure1

First recorded in 1840–50; from French: literally, “angle formed by the joining of two walls; corner”; en- 1, coign, -ure

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