swell front

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noun Furniture.

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

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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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Origin of swell front

First recorded in 1855–60

Also called bow front.

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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