Assertion: divan | /r/HasProperty | raised section of floor
Facets:
value: originally
type: OTHER
value: as a piece of furniture
type: MANNER
value: early 18th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th century) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense ‘low flat sofa or bed’ (late 19th century).