furniture

noun19

1. •
   the large objects in a home or an office that people sit on, sleep on, work at or keep things in

   • The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.
   • How much furniture did they leave behind?
2. •
   Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
3. •
   The stock and forearm of a weapon.
4. •
   The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.

   • We commend a horse because he is strong and nimble,[…]and not for his furniture: a greyhound for his swiftnesse, not for his collar: a hawke for her wing, not for her cranes or bells. — 1603
5. •
   Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols).

   • It read: “This article was amended on 3 January 2023. The original furniture said the fireworks display was on Christmas Eve.” — 2023
6. •
   Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library.
7. •
   (historical) The pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.
8. •
   (slang) The stumps.
9. •
   A type of mixture organ stop.
10. •
    (no longer used) Draped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc.
11. •
    (no longer used) Clothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit.
12. •
    (no longer used) Arms and armor, equipment of war.
13. •
    (no longer used) Equipment for work, apparatus, tools, instruments.
14. •
    [in the plural] (no longer used) Condiments of a salad.
15. •
    (no longer used) Stock, supply, stores, provisions.
16. •
    (no longer used) Contents; that with which something is filled or stocked.
17. •
    (no longer used) An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming.

    • A Scythian Shepherd, so imbellished With Natures pride, and richest furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. — 1587
18. •
    (no longer used) The action of furnishing or supplying.
19. •
    (no longer used) The condition of being equipped, prepared, or mentally cultivated.