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

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.

From Washington Post

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

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post

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

Loll Designs’ Rapson chair at Perigold is a futuristic plastic version of a traditional wing chair; it comes in a bunch of colors including leaf green, apple red and sunset orange.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• bench
• chair
• couch