swell front

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noun Furniture.

a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.

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Nearby words

sweetwort, sweir, swelinck, swell, swell box, swell front, swelled head, swelled head, have a, swelled-headed, swellfish, swellhead

Compare bombé.

Origin of swell front

First recorded in 1855–60

Also called bow front.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for swell front

It is of the swell-front type and has five deep drawers and a closet.
The Old Furniture Book|N. Hudson Moore