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bent⋅wood

[bent-wood]
–noun
1. wood steamed and bent for use in furniture.
2. an article of furniture made of bentwood.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to furniture made principally of pieces of wood of circular or oval section, steamed, bent, and screwed together: a bentwood rocking chair.

Origin:
1860–65; bent 1 + wood 1
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bent·wood   (běnt'wŏŏd')   
n.  Wood that has been steamed until pliable and then bent into shape.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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