Glastonbury chair

noun

A kind of wooden chair, usually of oak, with crossing legs and sloped back.

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Meanings

nounGlastonbury chair (plural Glastonbury chairs)

plural Glastonbury chairs

  1. A kind of wooden chair, usually of oak, with crossing legs and sloped back.

Origin

Possibly based on a chair made for Richard Whiting, the last Abbot of Glastonbury.

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APA

Glastonbury chair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glastonbury%20chair

MLA

“Glastonbury chair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glastonbury%20chair. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Glastonbury chair,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glastonbury%20chair.

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