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

Example Sentences

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 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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 De Mille, James

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 MacKenzie, Compton

In the vestry Julia rested in a Glastonbury chair, white and still, with her hands resting in her lap.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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 De Mille, James