boudoir
noun
- Women's private sitting room
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbuːdwɑː/ / /buˈdwɑɹ/ / /ˈbuːdwɔːɹ/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French boudoir, from bouder (“to sulk”), of Germanic origin.
- A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
“The Duchesse's boudoir was fitted up in a style of luxury utterly different from anything before familiar to the Carraras.”
“The church like a huge boudoir spread around her; the arches bent down to gather in the shade the confession of her love; the windows shone resplendent to illumine her face, and the censers would burn that she might appear like an angel amid the fumes of the sweet-smelling odours.”
- An army tent.