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View synonyms for wing chair

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wing chair1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

So we went over to his apartment, and he greets us and sits cross-legged on this huge wing chair.

French window right near back, near this stands a large wing chair.

The wing chair and willow chairs, and the hour-glass Chinese chairs, will go beautifully with mahogany things or with oak things.

He ran to wheel his shabby wing-chair up to the fire, where a pot of coffee simmered on the hob, with a covered plate beside it.

I waved my hand towards the unoccupied wing chair and he sat down.

Scherherazade, the white Persian cat, occupied the wing-chair.

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