barrel chair

noun

, U.S. Furniture.

1. an easy chair having a high, semicircular back forming a single upholstered piece with the wings or arms; tub chair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of barrel chair¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

We made a barrel chair and all kinds of home-made furniture out of packing boxes.

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But the barrel-chair was finished before Mrs. Vernon returned.

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Then father was coaxed to sit down in the barrel chair, and try its strength and its softness, and guess what it was made of.

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Stonor sat in his barrel chair that he had made himself, and Tole sat on the floor nursing his knees.

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