From the courtyard opened the Triclinium, or dining room, and also rooms used as storerooms, kitchen, and the sleeping places of the slaves.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty
Like the Triclinium, this room was also partially open at both ends, affording the guests a view of the graceful fountain on the one side and of the garden on the other.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty
They enter the Triclinium in the midst of the banquet; they crawl over the viands and spoil what they do not devour.
"Callista"
John Henry Cardinal Newman