Trī-clī'ni-um, n.

n.; pl. TRI-CLIN'I-A. [Lat., Gr. τρικλῖνος, from tri, τρι, and clinare, κλίνειν, to incline, lie down, κλίνη, a couch.] (Rom. Antiq.) (a.) A couch for reclining on at meals, usually for three persons. (b.) A dining-room furnished with such couches on three sides.