swell front

noun Furniture.

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

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Also called bow front.
Compare bombé.

Origin of swell front

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby swell front

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