'Etagere \['E]`ta`g[`e]re"\, n. [F., fr. ['e]tager to arrange on shelves, fr. ['e]tage story, floor. See Stage.]

A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. --Fairholt.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)