wing chair

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wing chair

noun wing chairs

A chair with a high back from which project small side pieces, originally to protect from draught He draped himself grotesquely in his toweling bathrobe and a pink and white couch-cover, and sat lumpishly in a wing-chair.
Similar: ear chair, grandfather chair, wingback chair

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noun chair

Français	fauteuil à oreilles, bergère
Deutsch	Ohrensessel
Русский	вольте́ровское кре́сло volʹtérovskoje kréslo

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@misc{wing_chair_2026,
  title = {wing chair},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wing%20chair},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}