From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishescritoirees‧cri‧toire /ˌeskrəˈtwɑː $ -ˈtwɑːr/ noun [countable] formal DHFa small writing desk
Examples from the Corpus
escritoire• He looked through the pile of engraved cards on his escritoire.• He walked over to the escritoire. and pulled open a drawer.Origin escritoire (1500-1600) Old French Medieval Latin scriptorium, from Latin scriptus; → SCRIPT 