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fau⋅teuil

[foh-til; Fr. foh-tœ-yuh ]
–noun, plural -teuils [-tilz; Fr. -tœ-yuh ] .
French Furniture. an upholstered armchair, esp. one with open sides.
Compare bergère.


Origin:
1735–45; < F; OF faldestoel, faudestueil < Old Low Franconian *faldistôl; see faldstool
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fau·teuil   (fō'tĭl, fō-tɶ'yə)   
n.  An upholstered armchair usually having open sides.

[French, from Old French faldestoel, of Germanic origin; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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