Chiffarobe

A chiffarobe is a closet-like piece of furniture that combines a long space for hanging clothes (a wardrobe) with a chest of drawers. Typically the wardrobe section runs down one side of the piece, while the drawers occupy the other side. It may have two enclosing doors or have the drawer fronts exposed and a separate door for the hanging space. In the novel, Mayella uses the broken chiffarobe as a pretense to have Tom Robinson enter her house.