a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
2.
a large tightly stuffed sofa, often upholstered in leather, with straight upholstered arms of the same height as the back
3. Canadian
any sofa or couch
Word origin
C19: named after a 19th-century Earl of Chesterfield
Chesterfield in British English1
(ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld)
noun
an industrial town in N central England, in Derbyshire: famous 14th-century church with twisted spire. Pop: 70 260 (2001)
Chesterfield in British English2
(ˈtʃɛstəˌfiːld)
noun
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. 1694–1773, English statesman and writer, noted for his elegance, suavity, and wit; author of Letters to His Son (1774)