noun
1. : a young woman's accumulation of clothes and domestic furnishings (as silver, linen) kept in or as if in a chest in anticipation of her marriage — compare bottom drawer
2. : a box for use as a hope chest
noun
1. : a young woman's accumulation of clothes and domestic furnishings (as silver, linen) kept in or as if in a chest in anticipation of her marriage — compare bottom drawer
2. : a box for use as a hope chest
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012