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barrel chair

noun

, U.S. Furniture.
  1. an easy chair having a high, semicircular back forming a single upholstered piece with the wings or arms; tub chair.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of barrel chair1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences

We made a barrel chair and all kinds of home-made furniture out of packing boxes.

But the barrel-chair was finished before Mrs. Vernon returned.

Then father was coaxed to sit down in the barrel chair, and try its strength and its softness, and guess what it was made of.

Stonor sat in his barrel chair that he had made himself, and Tole sat on the floor nursing his knees.

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