Windsor chair

noun

Wind·​sor chair ˈwin-zər- 

: a wooden chair with spindle back, raking legs, and usually a saddle seat

called also Windsor

Illustration of Windsor chair

Examples of Windsor chair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Windsor chair has been around for nearly 300 years, and Buchanan honors that history, transforming logs of oak, hickory, ash, maple, and walnut into pieces that are simple, beautiful, built to last, and available for purchase. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Peacock Chair Designed in 1947, Hans Wegner's Peacock Chair was an ode to the Windsor chair with a Danish twist. — Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

The Windsor chair, characterized by its spindled chair back, has a history as old as the United States. — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 19 Jan. 2023

For more than half a century, Richard Grell has been crafting the very intricate Windsor chair, a style that dates hundreds of years, by hand in his Hudson shop. — Marc Bona, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Windsor, England

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Windsor chair

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