n. A couch for reclining at mealtimes, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
n. A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
n. A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Among the Romans, the dining-room where guests were received, furnished with three couches, which occupied three sides of the dinner-table, the fourth side being left open for the free ingress and egress of servants.
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n. a dining room (especially a dining room containing a dining table with couches along three sides)
n. a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome
Word Usage
"To the right of the triclinium is a very elegant chamber, and another, which you may call either a very large chamber (_cubiculum_), or moderate-sized eating-room (_cœnatio_), which commands a full prospect both of the sun and sea."