Meanings
nounchair days pl (plural only)
- obsoletepluralplural onlyDays of repose and old age.
Wast thou ordain'd, dear father, To lose thy youth in peace, and to achieve The silver livery of advised age, And in thy reverence and thy chair-days, thus To die in ruffian battle?
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]Synonyms: codgerhood, golden years, twilight years
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDays of repose and old age.
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