furniturenoun/ˈfɜː.nɪ.t͡ʃə/

• 1

  Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

  • The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.
  • How much furniture did they leave behind?
• 2

  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.
  • Amongst the rich this part of a hawk's furniture is ornamented with embroidery, handsome silver aigrettes, tassels and other decorations.
• 3

  Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.

  • […]a new universal pistol, one to be carried by each man, with a 9-inch barrel of musket-bore and an iron ramrod carried in the holster; the furniture was reduced to just a brass trigger guard (no butt-plate), and some were fitted with Nock's lock.
• 4

  obsoleteAn 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.
• 5

  engineeringfirearmsgovernmentThe stock and forearm of a weapon.

• 6

  historicalmediaprintingpublishingThe pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase.

• 7

  slangball-gamescricketgamesThe stumps.

• 8

  journalismmediaAny 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.”