Causeuse

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small sofa or settee for two persons.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A kind of sofa for two persons. A tête-à-tête.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A sofa for two people; a love seat or tête-à-tête.
  • Word Usage
    ""If she realizes it," whispered Madame de Monredon, who was sitting beside Madame d'Argy on a 'causeuse' shaped like an S, "why does she persist in dressing her like a child six years old?"