ˌelbow-ˈchair
A chair with elbows: see elbow n. 3.
| 1655 tr. Sorel's Comical Hist. Francian x. 9 He..permitted that the two men should put him in an Elbow chair. a 1704 T. Brown Praise Drunk. Wks. 1730 I. 36 A drunkard seated in an elbow chair. 1822 W. Irving Braceb. Hall ii. 9 Very eloquent in praise of an ancient elbow chair. 1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max xiv. 278, I fetched father's big elbow-chair with a cushion or two. |