wing chair

Or winged chair

noun

1. a large upholstered chair having a back with wings.

wing chair

noun

1. an easy chair having wings on each side of the back

Word History and Origins

Origin of wing chair¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Henderson has a low, armless sofa with a soft bench cushion in his own living room, which he put next to a wing chair.

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She plopped down in a wing chair, her limbs loose and relaxed, and Ophie envied her for a moment.

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More and more often, I settle into a shabby, cat-clawed wing chair with the day’s newspapers and periodically snort “Harrumph!” or grumble that the world is going to hell in a handbasket.

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He looked snug in a blue wing chair in a corner of his house.

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He was standing against a backdrop of leather-bound books, a globe, a vintage chandelier and what looked like a leather wing chair.

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Related Words

• bench 
• chair 
• couch