Draw"ing-room` (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. withdraw-ing-room.]
1.
A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
2.
The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.
He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer.
Macaulay.
Drawing-room car. See Palace car, under Car.
© Webster 1913.