wardrobe

     

A warrobe (sometimes called an "armoire") is a standing closet used for storing clothes. The earliest wardrobe was a chest, and it was not until some degree of luxury was attained in regal palaces and the castles of powerful nobles that separate accommodation was provided for the sumptuous apparel of the great. The name of wardrobe was then given to a room in which the wall-space was filled with cupboards and lockers, the drawer being a comparatively modern invention. From these cupboards and lockers the modern wardrobe, with its hanging spaces, sliding shelves and drawers, evolved slowly.

Trivia about wardrobe

  • Title piece of furniture C.S. Lewis had the kids go through to reach Narnia
  • In name & function a chifforobe is a combination of a chiffonier, which is a bureau & this
  • All the clothes belonging to you, or a tall piece of furniture to put them all in
  • Clothes collection
  • The first chapter of a C.S. Lewis novel is called "Lucy Looks Into" one of these
  • In show biz this word for a room containing your clothing refers to the costume department