wing chair

American  

Or winged chair

noun

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

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wing chair British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of wing chair

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

For her room at the 2019 Kip’s Bay Show House, designer Young Huh paired a pillowy 18th century Gustavian banquette with a hefty Italian marble-topped dining table and an antique wing chair.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021

Last weekend, I was ensconced in said wing chair, idly daydreaming — my only real hobby — when I began to wonder: How did all these books manage to get into my house?

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2021

This proves not to be true as she casually tells us, over tea in a wing chair, the creepy story of her upbringing by a mother who believed herself to be possessed.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2019

Those TaskRabbits won’t just be on hand to put together your new Strandmon wing chair.

From Slate • Sep. 28, 2017

“That wing chair is too lumpy. I want to sit in the rocking chair today.”

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Related Words

• bench
• chair
• couch