conversation chair

noun

an English chair of the 18th century designed to be straddled facing the back of the chair with the elbows resting on the crest rail: an English imitation of the voyeuse.

Origin of conversation chair

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby conversation chair

converging lens, conversable, conversant, conversate, conversation, conversation chair, conversation piece, conversation pit, conversational, conversational implicature, conversational quality