Bureau

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 16

būr′ō, n. a writing-table or chest of drawers: a room or office where such a table is used: a department for the transacting of public busine :— pl. Bureaux (būr′ō), Bureaus (būr′ōz). [Fr. bureau —O. Fr. burel , ru et cloth—L. burr us , red.]