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cottage orné

cottage orné noun: a small country or suburban residence, typically with verandahs and French windows.

Noun

cottage orné (plural cottages ornés)

  1. (historical) A small country or suburban residence, typically with verandahs and French windows.
    • After a mile or so there branched from it a private road which followed a line of noble poplars that led to the pretentiously simple porch of a cottage ornée called ‘The Hut’.1918, Rebecca West, The Return of the Soldier, Virago, published 2014, page 53
    • The cottage orné would be used by gentlefolk with education and a poetic sensibility, who would visit for part of the year and would need accommodation for at least one servant.2012, Andrew Ballantyne, Andrew Law, Tudoresque, page 139

Forms of cottage orné

pluralcottages ornés
alternative formcottage ornée

Questions about cottage orné

What does cottage orné mean?
Cottage orné means a small country or suburban residence, typically with verandahs and French windows.
What part of speech is cottage orné?
Cottage orné is a noun.
What is the plural of cottage orné?
The plural of cottage orné is cottages ornés.

Words near cottage orné in the dictionary

  1. cottage industry
  2. cottage loaf
  3. cottage loaves
  4. cottage orchard
  5. cottage orchards
  6. cottage orné
  7. cottage parent
  8. cottage parents
  9. cottage piano
  10. cottage pianos
  11. cottage pie

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