swell front
noun Furniture.
a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.
Also called
bow front.
Compare
bombé.
Origin of swell front
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby swell front
sweetwort,
sweir,
swelinck,
swell,
swell box,
swell front,
swelled head,
swelled head, have a,
swelled-headed,
swellfish,
swellhead
Example sentences from the Web for swell front
It is of the swell-front type and has five deep drawers and a closet.
The Old Furniture Book |N. Hudson Moore