barberchair

barberchair noun: articulating chair. Also the alternative form of barber-chair.

Noun

barberchair (plural barberchairs)

(rare) Articulating chair.
- I take a seat in the old timey barberchair facing the mirror and stare back at the image of myself who has become an elderly gentleman.1998, David T. Warner, High-Sheriff Jim Turner: High Times of a Florida Lawman, page 120
- His customer, a Greek, dozes in the barberchair while being shaved.2008, Irving N. Rothman, The barber in modern Jewish culture, page 240
(rare) Split tree.
- One day I was allin' a tree and it pulled a 'barberchair'.1940, The Timberman - Volume 41, page 36
- When the axe was the cutting tool used to chop out the face, barberchair was not as likely to occur.1989, Journal of Arboriculture, page 116

barberchair is also the alternative form of barber-chair.

Shushubaby found him in Molly's in a barberchair getting down on sounds.2010, Aubrey Bart, The Bluesiana Snake Festival, page 82:
The sometimes severe lean and the easy splittability of those trees may combine to cause an occurence^([sic]) known as a "barberchair".2014, Bert Davis, Holly Davis, Dwelling Portably 1980-1989, page 137:

Noun
plural	barberchairs
Verb
third-person singular present	barberchairs
present participle	barberchairing
past participle	barberchaired
past	barberchaired

What does barberchair mean?: Barberchair means articulating chair.
How do you use barberchair in a sentence?: Shushubaby found him in Molly's in a barberchair getting down on sounds.
What part of speech is barberchair?: Barberchair is a noun.
What is the plural of barberchair?: The plural of barberchair is barberchairs.

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