wingchair
wingchair is the alternative form of wing chair.
Meaning of wing chair
Noun
wing chair (plural wing chairs)
- A chair with a high back from which project small side pieces, originally to protect from draught
- He draped himself grotesquely in his toweling bathrobe and a pink and white couch-cover, and sat lumpishly in a wing-chair.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXXIII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section I
- Synonyms:
- ear chair, grandfather chair, wingback chair
Forms of wingchair
| plural | wingchairs |
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Questions about wingchair
- What is wingchair the alternative form of?
- Wingchair is the alternative form of wing chair.
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