wing chair en · NOUN
Meanings
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A chair with a high back from which project small side pieces, originally to protect from draught
He draped himself grotesquely in his toweling bathrobe and a pink and white couch-cover, and sat lumpishly in a wing-chair.
1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXXIII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section I:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wing chairs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
grandfather chair · wingback chair · ear chair
Translations (7)
de Ohrensessel (chair) · no ørelappstol (chair) · ru вольте́ровское кре́сло (chair) · fr bergère (chair) · fr fauteuil à oreilles (chair) · pl berżera (chair) · sv öronlappsfåtölj (chair)