grandfather's chair

American  

noun

1. wing chair.

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Etymology

Origin of grandfather's chair

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

By the time his mother, Margaret Truman, woke up, she found her two sons perched on either side of their grandfather’s chair.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018

The evening had come, and the lamp was resting in a grandfather's chair; and guess where!

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

By the side of the grate sat Tony in a high grandfather's chair.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

There is a grandfather’s chair in the corner of the dining-room, which I can confidently recommend.”

From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

As the younger ones dropped off to bed and things grew quieter, grandfather's chair was apt to be the centre toward which all tended, and, of course, the old man talked about his youth.

From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by Hosmer, James Kendall