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- a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
noun
- a large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons
1570s, from French armoire, from Old French armarie (12c.) “cupboard, bookcase, reliquary,” from Latin armarium “closet, chest, place for implements or tools,” from arma “gear, tools, arms” (see arm (n.2)). Before being reborrowed from French, the word earlier was in English as ambry (late 14c.).