Glastonbury chair

American  

noun

1. a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.

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Etymology

Origin of Glastonbury chair

First recorded in 1850–55; after the abbey of Glastonbury in SW England, site of the original chair

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Glastonbury chair

A Glastonbury chair stood beside an Elizabethan sofa; a modern Davenport, a Louis Quatorze side-board, and a classic tripod, stood in a row.

From Among the Brigands by James De Mille

The great wood fire was burning gaily, and Captain Winstanley was sitting in a Glastonbury chair in front of it.

From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

He was sitting a little way off in a low Glastonbury chair, with his knees up to his chin, making himself an image of awkwardness.

From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

With his laced rochet and purple biretta he lent the little matchboarded chapel an exotic splendour when he sat in a Glastonbury chair beside the altar during the Office.

From The Altar Steps by Compton MacKenzie

The laughter came forth, peal after peal, in long and deafening explosions, till the house vibrated with the sound, and till at last the ex-brigand sank exhausted into the Glastonbury chair.

From Among the Brigands by James De Mille