withdraw : Idioms & Phrases


withdrawing room

  • noun a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained
    drawing room.
WordNet

withdrawing-room

With*draw"ing-room` noun
Etymology
See Withdraw, and cf. Drawing-room.
Definitions
  1. A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room.
    A door in the middle leading to a parlor and withdrawing-room. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1913