| 单词 |
closeting |
| 释义 |
closeting, vbl. n.|ˈklɒzɪtɪŋ| [f. closet v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb closet; spec. a private conference (esp. between two persons).
1687Ellis Corr. (1828) I. 291 Lord Woster's regiment is given to Lord Montgomery..the cashiered Lord cries aloud by closeting. 1762Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) V. lxx. 264 [James II] had employed..with the members of parliament many private conferences, which were then called closetings. 1880L. B. Walford Troublesome Daughters II. xxi. 195 All the little kindnesses, the sisterly closetings..which had of late sprung up between them. |

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