barrel chair

barrel chair

noun U.S. Furniture.
an easy chair having a high, semicircular back forming a single upholstered piece with the wings or arms; tub chair.
Also called barrel-back chair [bar-uhl-bak] .


Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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