Windsor chair
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Windsor chair
n.
A wooden chair having a high spoked back, outward-slanting legs connected by a crossbar, and a contoured seat.
[After Windsor2England.]
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Windsor chair
n
(Furniture) a simple wooden chair, popular in England and America from the 18th century, usually having a shaped seat, splayed legs, and a back of many spindles
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Wind′sor chair′
n.
any of various wooden chairs of 18th-century England and America, having a spindle back and legs slanting outward.
[1715–25]
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Windsor chair
A comfortable wooden chair with arms, a spoked back, and splayed legs.
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Noun | 1. | Windsor chair - straight chair having a shaped seat and a back of many spindles side chair, straight chair - a straight-backed chair without arms |
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