drawing room

noun5

1. •
   (UK) Any room where visitors may be entertained; now, the living room.

   • It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. — 1918
2. •
   (UK) A multifunctional room that can be used for any purpose in a palace or castle.
3. •
   (US) A private room on a railroad sleeping car.
4. •
   A room where engineers draw up plans and patterns.
5. •
   (UK) A levée where ladies are presented at court or to society.

   • ‘Mrs Vane of Castle Marling is staying with us; she came up to present my child at the last Drawing-room but I think I heard something about her dining out to-day.’ — 1860