Kodayake baza'a ji kwanakin nan ba, kalmar "davenport" na iya komawa ga kayan ɗaki biyu da ba'a da alaka da su: irin kayan sofa ko wani nau'i na rubutu.
Davenport, da Sofa
Yin amfani da kalmar "Davenport" don sofa ya fara ne a shekara ta 1900, lokacin da Cambridge, Massachusetts, kamfanin masana'antar kamfanin AH Davenport Co. suka kafa wani sofa, a yanzu wurin hutawa. Kalmar nan na iya nufin ma'anar sofa . Irin wannan gado mai matasai ya zama fushi, kuma kalmar nan "davenport" ta amfani da ita a matsayin wani lokaci na kowane sofa, kamar yadda sunan Kleenex ya zama daidai da kayan yaduwa.
Kalmar davenport ba ta amfani da ita a yau sai dai yankin, inda ya ke amfani da ita azaman synonym for "gado." A cikin yankunan Midwest, alal misali, da kuma yankin Adirondack, tsofaffi na iya amfani da lokaci don komawa ga wani kwanciya. A wasu sassan kasar, lokaci yana haɗe da wani nau'i na kwanciya na musamman ko tare da ɗakin kwanciyar kwanan gaba da zane-zane a cikin tushe.
Kamfanin Davenport yana daga cikin manyan masana'antun masana'antar Amurka a cikin marigayi 19th da farkon karni na 20. Kamfanin ya kera al'amuran al'ada da kuma haɗuwa tare da manyan mashahuran da aka sani kamar HH Richardson da Stanford White don samar da manyan kayan ciki. Davenport Co. ta samar da kayan gargajiya na al'ada don sake gina gidan White House na 1902; Kotun Harkokin Kotu na New York; da John J. Glessner House a Birnin Chicago; da George Eastman House a Rochester, New York; da James J.
Hill gidan a Minneapolis, Minnesota; da kuma Henry Clay Frick House a Birnin New York, a tsakanin sauran mutane.
Kamfanin Davenport Co. ya haɗu da mawallafi na Boston da kuma gidan gine-gine mai suna Irving & Casson a shekara ta 1914 don tsara Irving & Casson-AH Davenport Co..
Davenport, Wakilin
Amfani na biyu da aka saba amfani da shi shine kalmar "davenport" don karamin ɗakin Birtaniya da ke da nau'i. Wannan tebur, wanda ake kira daftarin kyaftin jirgin, an fara samo shi ne ga wani mutum wanda aka sani kawai a matsayin Kyaftin Davenport, wanda ya samo asali daga kamfanin Gillows na Lancaster kusa da ƙarshen karni na 18. Irin wannan tebur yana da kyau a karni na 19 kuma musamman a zamanin Victorian.
Tebur na Davenport yana da saman layi wanda za a iya ɗaga shi a kan hinges. A karkashin tebur shi ne daki na kayan rubutu, kazalika da zane da pigeonholes. Tebur kayan zane da zane-zane da suke buɗe a gefe, ba gaba ba. Yana kama da wani ɗakin makaranta a tsohuwar karni na 20, kawai ya fi girma. Misali na wannan tebur za a iya samun su a auctions, a cikin ɗakunan kayayyaki masu yawa, da kuma kan layi. Har yanzu an yi shi a matsayin haifuwa da masu samuwa suna neman cewa yana ƙara wani abu mai ban sha'awa zuwa binciken ko ɗakin rayuwa.