withdrawing room

a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.

Origin of withdrawing room

First recorded in 1585–95

The withdrawing-room, that into which they withdrew from the hall, had already appeared.

Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present |John Timbs
Woodward certainly found her in what was then termed the withdrawing-room.

The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector |William Carleton
At the close of the evening he appeared in the withdrawing-room, but still in a silent and gloomy state.

The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector |William Carleton
Beyond these lay a withdrawing-room, fitted up in a style of still more studied elegance.

Peveril of the Peak |Sir Walter Scott

The finest apartment is the Withdrawing-room, a splendid example of the decorative style of the early part of Elizabeth's reign.

Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present |John Timbs

withdrawing room

an archaic term for drawing room