swivel chair

a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.

Origin of swivel chair

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

He whirled his swivel-chair and sat there at his desk, his rectangular front squared to meet them.

The Landloper |Holman Day
He turned in his swivel-chair deliberately, as though he was now ready to settle everything permanently.

The Trail of the Hawk |Sinclair Lewis
Maida sat in her swivel-chair and wistfully watched the scene in the court.

Maida's Little Shop |Inez Haynes Irwin
Arms on the back of her swivel-chair, one knee in the seat she twisted slowly about.

The Trail of Conflict |Emilie Baker Loring

Mr. Myers swung on his swivel-chair, squinted his eyes further back into his head, and nodded further appraisal and approval.

Just Around the Corner |Fannie Hurst

swivel chair

a chair, the seat of which is joined to the legs by a swivel and which thus may be spun round