escritoire

[ es-kri-twahr ]

/ ˌɛs krɪˈtwɑr /

Origin of escritoire

1605–15; < French, Middle French < Latin scrīptōrium. See scribe¹, -tory²

Ludgate thrust the unread accounts into his escritoire, and thought no more of the matter.

Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10) |Maria Edgeworth
Ernest and myself were seated side by side by the escritoire.

Ernest Linwood |Caroline Lee Hentz
Vantrasson, as the man is called, knows the management of the house, and he will break open the escritoire and take the vial away.

Baron Trigault's Vengeance |Emile Gaboriau
This vast outpouring of literature called for more commodious writing-desks, and the escritoire or bureau is the natural result.

Little Books About Old Furniture. Volume II. The Period of Queen Anne |J. P. Blake

Her eyes fell on the escritoire with the sphinxes' heads, the guardian of the "souvenirs."

The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) |Guy de Maupassant 1850-1893

escritoire

/ (ˌɛskrɪˈtwɑː) /

a writing desk with compartments and drawers, concealed by a hinged flap, on a chest of drawers or plain stand

C18: from French, from Medieval Latin scriptōrium writing room in a monastery, from Latin scrībere to write