triclinium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dining room (especially a dining room containing a dining table with couches along three sides)
  2. noun a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome

WordNet

Tri*clin"i*um noun
Etymology
L., from Gr. , (see Tri-) + a couch.
Wordforms
plural Triclinia
Definitions
  1. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. (b) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.

Webster 1913