cantilever chair

noun

A type of chair missing posterior legs and having instead two legs or a fusion of two legs attached at the edges on the front or sides of the seat.

Meanings

nouncantilever chair (plural cantilever chairs)

plural cantilever chairs

  1. A type of chair missing posterior legs and having instead two legs or a fusion of two legs attached at the edges on the front or sides of the seat.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 懸臂椅 /悬臂椅
  • 懸臂椅 /悬臂椅 (xuánbìyǐ)A type of chair
Finnish takajalaton tuoli
  • takajalaton tuoliA type of chair
German Kragstuhl, Freischwinger
  • KragstuhlA type of chair
  • FreischwingerA type of chair
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Chicago

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