Dictionary entry

Triclinium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Tri‐clin″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Triclinia (#). [L., from Gr. �, �; � (see Tri-) + � a couch.] (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. (b) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.