love seat


noun

a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
Also called courting chair.

Origin of love seat

First recorded in 1900–05

Example sentences from the Web for courting chair

  • They kissed and she patted the place on the love-seat beside her.

    It's All Yours |Sam Merwin
  • "The birds were up long ago," Leila perched herself on an old English love-seat.

    Contrary Mary |Temple Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for courting chair

love seat

noun

a small upholstered sofa for two people