davenport Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
  2. noun a small decorative writing desk
  3. noun a large sofa usually convertible into a bed

WordNet

Dav"en*port noun
Etymology
From the name of the original maker. Encyc. Dict.
Definitions
  1. A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
    A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. A. B. Edwards.

Webster 1913