baignoire

noun

bai·​gnoire

bānˈwär

plural -s

: a theater box having low partitions that is in the lowest tier

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, bathtub, from baigner to bathe, from Late Latin balneare, from Latin balneum bath

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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