settee /sɛˈtiː/ noun2 •(UK) A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah. — 1954 •A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. formssettees