[ches-ter-feeld] 
| 1. | (sometimes initial capital letter ) a single- or double-breasted topcoat or overcoat with a fly front and a narrow velvet collar. |
| 2. | a large, overstuffed sofa or divan with a back and upholstered arms. |
| 3. | Chiefly Canadian. any large sofa or couch. |
[ches-ter-feeld] | Philip Dor⋅mer Stan⋅hope [dawr-mer stan-uhp] , 4th Earl of, 1694–1773, British statesman and author. |
| ches·ter·field (chěs'tər-fēld') n.
[After a 19th-century earl of Chesterfield.] Chesterfield, a term for a sofa, especially a large one with upholstered arms, was probably brought down from Canada, where it is common. In the United States, it was largely limited to the trade region of San Francisco in northern California. According to Craig M. Carver in American Regional Dialects, the word probably comes from the name of a 19th-century earl of Chesterfield and originally referred "specifically to a couch with upright armrests at either end." It appears to have come into use in Canada around 1903 and in northern California at about the same time. |
| Ches·ter·field (chěs'tər-fēld') A city of north-central England south of Sheffield. It is an important industrial center. Population: 70,200. |
| Chesterfield, Fourth Earl of. Title of Philip Dormer Stanhope. 1694-1773. English politician and writer best known for Letters to His Son (1774), which portrays the ideal 18th-century gentleman. |