Windsor chair

noun

A chair built with a solid wooden seat into which the back and legs are round-tenoned, or pushed into drilled holes.

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Meanings

nounWindsor chair (plural Windsor chairs)

plural Windsor chairs

  1. A chair built with a solid wooden seat into which the back and legs are round-tenoned, or pushed into drilled holes.

Origin

The first chairs made this way were shipped to London from the market town of Windsor, Berkshire in 1724. There is speculation that the chair derives its name from the town of Windsor, which became the centre for the trade between the producers and the London dealers.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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