ˈby-room
[f. by- 3 a + room.]
A side or private room; a smaller room opening out of another.
| 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 32 Doe thou stand in some by-roome, while I question my puny Drawer. c 1615 Chapman Odyss. iii. 545 Himself lay in a by-room, far above. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Cabbage, Lay them in some Cellar or by-room. 1755 in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |