elbow-chairn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: elbow n., chair n.¹

Etymology: < elbow n. (compare sense 3 at that entry) + chair n.¹ Compare French chaise à bras (1623 in the passage translated in quot. 1655, or earlier) and armchair n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌelbow-ˈchair.

A chair with elbows: see elbow n. 3.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair

armchair1585

elbow-chair1655

fauteuil1744

great chair1749

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion x. 9 He..permitted that the two men should put him in an Elbow chair [Fr. chaise à bras].

1696 S. Sewall Diary I. 438 I reach'd the elbow chair to him and with my Arms crowded him into it.

a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 53 A Drunkard seated in an Elbow Chair.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall ii. 9 Very eloquent in praise of an ancient elbow chair.

1852 ‘I. Marvel’ Dream Life 183 The old elbow chair is in its place.

1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max xiv. 278 I fetched father's big elbow-chair with a cushion or two.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	elbow-chair
释义	elbow-chairn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: elbow n., chair n.¹ Etymology: < elbow n. (compare sense 3 at that entry) + chair n.¹ Compare French chaise à bras (1623 in the passage translated in quot. 1655, or earlier) and armchair n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌelbow-ˈchair. A chair with elbows: see elbow n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair armchair1585 elbow-chair1655 fauteuil1744 great chair1749 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion x. 9 He..permitted that the two men should put him in an Elbow chair [Fr. chaise à bras]. 1696 S. Sewall Diary I. 438 I reach'd the elbow chair to him and with my Arms crowded him into it. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 53 A Drunkard seated in an Elbow Chair. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall ii. 9 Very eloquent in praise of an ancient elbow chair. 1852 ‘I. Marvel’ Dream Life 183 The old elbow chair is in its place. 1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max xiv. 278 I fetched father's big elbow-chair with a cushion or two. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1655
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