barrel chair in American English
US
a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
barrel chair in American English
noun
U.S. Furniture
an easy chair having a high, semicircular back forming a single upholstered piece with thewings or arms; tub chair
Also called: barrel-back chair (ˈbærəlˌbæk) Word origin
[1840–50, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, colloid, set piece, striation, warmupImage ofbarrel chair
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