reading chair

American  

noun

1. a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.

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Etymology

Origin of reading chair

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

A cat had defecated under her reading chair, and the whole room stank.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2021

Conrad’s blue reading chair sat across from the couch and coffee table.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019

“The loft and the 18-foot-high ceilings particularly appealed to me,” says Bonnell, who plans to furnish his loft as a library with a reading chair.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2016

We had a brief, tense period where he sat in his purple reading chair, bored with Dumbledore and Snape but convinced that no other characters could be as interesting as Dumbledore and Snape.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2016

“I’m home,” I said again, picking my way to a reading chair by her desk.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows