HOPE CHEST


Meaning of HOPE CHEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1911

: a young woman's accumulation of clothes and domestic furnishings (as silver and linen) kept in anticipation of her marriage ; also : a chest for such an accumulation

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.