easy-chair

  • 41wing chair — a large upholstered chair having a back with wings. Also, winged chair. [1900 05] * * * ▪ furniture also called  grandfather chair , or  saddle cheek chair        a tall backed, heavily upholstered easy chair with armrests and wings, or lugs,… …

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  • 42Morri Chair —    The Morris chair, an easy chair with a movable back, took its name from William Morris (1834 1896), an Englishman who was thought to be a true Renaissance man. Eric Partridge described him as a poet, pamphleteer, master craftsman who… …

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  • 43beach chair — пляжное кресло to settle oneself down in an easy chair усесться в кресло to perch on the arm of a chair усесться на ручку кресла she nestled in a chair она уютно устроилась в кресле he fell kerflop into the chair он плюхнулся в кресло he soused… …

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  • 44butterfly chair — noun Etymology: so called from the resemblance of the cloth sling to the outspread wings of a butterfly : a lounging chair consisting of a cloth sling supported by a frame of metal tubing or bars * * * a sling chair in which a canvas or leather… …

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  • 45Morris-chair — Mor ris chair , n. [Prob. fr. the proper name Morris.] A kind of easy chair with a back which may be lowered or raised. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 46Streit Slumber Chair — The Streit Slumber Chair is an easy chair and footstool manufactured by C. F. Streit Mfg. Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio from the late 19th century to the 1950s. Manufactured in a wide range of designs, the chair features an upholstered seat and back… …

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  • 47Wing chair — A wing chair is an upholstered easy chair with large wings mounted to the armrests and enclosing the head or torso areas of the body. Such chairs originally were designed to provide comfortable protection from drafts, and particularly to trap the …

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  • 48barrel chair — U.S. Furniture. an easy chair having a high, semicircular back forming a single upholstered piece with the wings or arms; tub chair. Also called barrel back chair /bar euhl bak /. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 49squatter's chair — /ˈskwɒtəz tʃɛə/ (say skwotuhz chair) noun an easy chair, used especially in rural and tropical areas, with wide arms and pieces extending forward at each side from the frame over which the legs can be comfortably draped; verandah chair. Also,… …

  • 50overstuffed chair — noun a comfortable upholstered armchair • Syn: ↑easy chair, ↑lounge chair • Hypernyms: ↑armchair • Hyponyms: ↑wing chair …

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