barrel chair

American  

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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Etymology

Origin of barrel chair

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Prophet developed a new, more basic logo—no barrel, chair or Old Timer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

It's been a year and a half since I spent more than five minutes inside a coffee shop, so I park myself in a Dunkin'-orange pleather barrel chair near the register.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2021

The owner of hull number one elected to dispense with standard bar stools and add another barrel chair for more casual guest seating.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also during this time good Mrs. Mitchell and myself made two sofas, or lounges, a barrel chair, divers bedspreads, pillow cases, pillows, bolsters, mattresses; we painted rooms; we revarnished furniture; we—what didn't we do?

From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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

From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder