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rout chair

rout chair noun: a type of light chair designed to be easily moved, typically used at parties.

Noun

rout chair (plural rout chairs)

  1. A type of light chair designed to be easily moved, typically used at parties.
    • There was a cushion too in each armchair. All these he had taken and, with the help of the gilt rout chairs, light and easy to move, had made an elaborate cave in which he could hide himself from the Red Indians who were lurking behind the curtains.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 2, in Of Human Bondage

Forms of rout chair

pluralrout chairs

Questions about rout chair

What does rout chair mean?
Rout chair means a type of light chair designed to be easily moved, typically used at parties.
What part of speech is rout chair?
Rout chair is a noun.
What is the plural of rout chair?
The plural of rout chair is rout chairs.

Words near rout chair in the dictionary

  1. Roustom
  2. rousts
  3. rout
  4. rout cake
  5. rout cakes
  6. rout chair
  7. rout chairs
  8. rout seat
  9. rout seats
  10. routability
  11. routable

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