| 单词 | prie-dieu chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprie-dieu chair 2. In full prie-dieu chair. A chair with a low seat and a tall sloping back, used as a prayer seat or stool; (also) a chair of this form for ordinary use.Fashionable in the mid 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs farthingale chair1552 side chair1582 high chair1609 scroll chair1614 Turkey chair1683 curule chair1695 reading chair1745 rush-bottom1754 conversation-chair1793 Windsor tub1800 Trafalgar chair1808 beehive-chair1816 nursing chair1826 Hitchcockc1828 toilet seat1829 kangaroo1834 prie-dieu1838 tub-chair1839 barrel-chair1850 Cromwell chair1868 office chair1874 swivel-chair1885 steamer-chair1886 suggan chair1888 lawn chair1895 saddle seat1895 Bombay chair1896 veranda-chair1902 X chair1904 Yorkshire chair1906 three legs and a swinger1916 saddlebag1919 riempie stool1933 gaspipe chair1934 slipper chair1938 Eames chair1946 contour chair1948 sling-back1948 sling chair1957 booster chair1960 booster seat1967 beanbag1969 sack chair1970 papasan1980 Muskoka chair1987 1838 Times 17 Oct. 6/3 Two prie-dieu chairs were placed within that circle, to which the husband and wife were led. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 123 Miss Bridgeman placed a prie-dieu chair in a commanding position for the reciter to lean upon gracefully. 1915 Times 2 Apr. 9/1 Victorian prie-dieus and footstools command a certain price. 1935 I. H. Hoover Forty-two Years in White House i. vii. 72 The prie-dieu was of white satin covered with a small cluster of orchids on either side. 1990 Ideal Home Dec. 80/1 (advt.) The prayer chair..or Prie-Dieu..enjoyed great popularity with the Victorians, who found it not only suitable for prayers, but also admirably adept for the spread of their crinolines. < as lemmas |
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