nonsuch chest

noun

non·​such chest

variants or less commonly nonesuch chest

ˈnənˌsəch-

: a chest popular in the later 16th and early 17th centuries with front panels decorated in inlay of architectural design

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Nonsuch palace, Cheam, Surrey

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