frailero

[ frahy-lair-oh; Spanish frahy-le-raw ]

noun

, Spanish Furniture.

, plural frai·le·ros [frahy-, lair, -ohz, f, r, ahy-, le, -, r, aws].

1. an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.

Word History and Origins

Origin of frailero¹

< Spanish: literally, of, belonging to a friar, derivative of fraile friar