from "chiffonier" (dressmaker) and "wardrobe"; a free-standing tall piece offurniture used to hold clothing; includes a rod for hanging clothes and may include several drawers as well; usually two sides.
Similiar to an armoir but smaller. A chiffarobe is a free standing wardrobe which usually has a full length mirrored door. Behind the door there's a rod to hang one's clothes, and several drawers on the opposite side of the mirrored door. Chiffarobes were used in the days before homes had closets.
The garden area around the perimeter of the house, typically home to a number of random bushes and perennials that no one living in the house knows the name of.
We planted a bunch of fancy flowers and bushes in the chafarde to impress the neighbors we hate.