/truy klin"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. triclinia /-klin"ee euh/ . Rom. Hist.
1. a couch extending along three sides of a table, for reclining on at meals.
2. a dining room, esp. one containing such a couch.
[ 1640-50; triclinium triklínion, dim. of tríklinos having three couches (adj.), dining room so furnished (n.), equiv. to tri- TRI- + klín ( e ) couch (see CLINIC) + - ion dim. suffix ]