(frequently from 11th cent.) in British sources), royal treasury or privy purse (9th cent. (1690 1694 in specific sense ‘space between the gates of a canal lock’) < classical Latin camera, variant of camara arched or vaulted roof or ceiling, small flat boat roofed over with timber, in post-classical Latin also room, chamber, especially private chamber or bedroom (7th cent. 1638 at sense 9d, or earlier), enclosed space or compartment in a mechanism, apparatus, etc. or earlier in Anglo-Norman chiefly in plural chambres ), detachable cylinder used to hold the charge of a gun (1414), underground cavity containing ore (second half of the 15th cent.), cavity in a mine in which the charge is placed (1615 in the passage translated in quot. or earlier in Anglo-Norman, originally with reference to the private office of a judge), hangings of a room (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), large room where official business is conducted (early 14th cent.
in pension de chambre, rente de chambre, both in sense ‘pension paid out by the Chamber of the Exchequer’), treasury (end of the 13th cent. (Show Less)Įtymology: < Anglo-Norman chamber, chambere, chaumbre, chanber, chanbur, chaunbre, chombre, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French (northern) cambre, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French chambre room, especially bedroom (end of the 11th cent.), domain immediately subject to a monarch ( c1100), judicial, legislative, or deliberative assembly (end of the 13th cent. English regional ( Oxfordshire) 1600s chalmbor Scottish pre-1700 chalmber. English regional ( Oxfordshire) 1600s calmore, 1600s chalmar, 1600s chalmor Scottish pre-1700 challmer, pre-1700 chalmar, pre-1700 chalmare, pre-1700 chalmeir, pre-1700 chalmere, pre-1700 chalmir, pre-1700 chalmire, pre-1700 chalmmir, pre-1700 chalmour, pre-1700 chalmyr, pre-1700 chalymer, pre-1700 1700s– chalmer, 1900s– chaulmer Manx English 1900s– chalmer. late Middle English chamir, late Middle English chaumere, late Middle English chawmer, late Middle English chawmere, late Middle English chawmyr, late Middle English–1500s chamer, 1800s chaamer ( Irish English ( Wexford)) English regional 1800s chaimer ( northern), 1800s chammar ( Cumberland), 1800s chammer ( Dorset), 1800s chaumer ( northern), 1800s cheammur ( Wiltshire), 1800s chomer ( Lancashire), 1800s– chaamer ( Yorkshire), 1800s– chamer, 1800s– chawmer ( Lancashire), 1800s– chaymer ( Yorkshire), 1800s– chimmer ( south-western), 1800s– choamer ( Lancashire), 1900s– cheammer ( Dorset), 1900s– cheaymer ( Somerset) Scottish pre-1700 chamir, pre-1700 chammir, pre-1700 chammyr, pre-1700 chamur, pre-1700 chamyr, pre-1700 chaumere, pre-1700 chaumir, pre-1700 chavmer, pre-1700 chavmir, pre-1700 chawmar, pre-1700 chawmer, pre-1700 chawmir, pre-1700 chawmyr, pre-1700 chawmyre, pre-1700 1700s– chamer, pre-1700 1700s– chaumer, pre-1700 1800s chammer, 1800s cham'er, 1900s– chaumar. Middle English chanbre, Middle English chanbur, Middle English chaunber, Middle English chaunbir, Middle English chaunbour, Middle English chaunbre, Middle English chaunbyr, Middle English chavnbre, Middle English 1600s chanber. early Middle English cheambre, Middle English caumbre, Middle English chambar, Middle English chambire, Middle English chambour, Middle English chambr, Middle English chambure, Middle English chamburr, Middle English chambyre, Middle English chammbour, Middle English chaumbere, Middle English chaumbeyr, Middle English chaumbir, Middle English chaumbire, Middle English chaumbr, Middle English chaumbur, Middle English chaumbyr, Middle English chaumbyre, Middle English chavmbyr, Middle English chawmber, Middle English chawmbire, Middle English chawmbre, Middle English chawmbur, Middle English chawmbyr, Middle English chombre, Middle English schaumbyr, Middle English 1600s chambor, Middle English–1500s chambere, Middle English–1500s chambir, Middle English–1500s chamboure, Middle English–1500s chambur, Middle English–1500s chambyr, Middle English–1600s chaumber, Middle English–1600s chaumbre, Middle English–1700s chambre, Middle English– chamber, late Middle English chawber (probably transmission error), late Middle English schambre, late Middle English schambyr, late Middle English shaumbre, 1500s chamberre, 1500s–1600s camber, 1600s caumber English regional 1600s 1800s– chawmber ( Yorkshire), 1700s chember ( Devon), 1800s chaimber ( Yorkshire), 1800s– chaamber ( Lincolnshire), 1800s– charmber, 1800s– chaumber ( northern), 1800s– cheamber ( Lancashire), 1800s– chimber ( Devon) U.S.
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