Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Leaning; inclining; fitted to a leaning posture.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete, nonce word leaning; fitted for a reclining posture

Etymologies

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Latin discumbere, discubitum, to lie down, recline at table; dis- + cumbere (in comparative) to lie down.

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