set|tee

set|tee
set|tee «seh TEE», noun.
a sofa or long bench with a back and, usually, arms: »

Over against one wall was…not a davenport, not a settee, but simply a battered old leather couch (Robert Traver).

[perhaps a variant of settle2]

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