chaircover

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noun

A covering for a chair.

OriginEnglish cover ← Middle English coveren ← Old French covrir →
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Meanings

nounchaircover (plural chaircovers)

plural chaircovers

  1. A covering for a chair.

    Her energy deserted her, the summer heat tired her, and when she had finished a small chaircover, good as it was, she knew she could do no more.

    1984, Ted Simon, Riding Home, page 206

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  9. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  11. Latincathedra
  12. Old Frenchchaiere
  13. Middle Englishchayere
  14. Englishchair
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  16. Proto-Italic*kom
  17. Proto-Italic*kom-
  18. Latincon-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wer-
  23. Latinoperiō
  24. Latincooperiō
  25. Old Frenchcovrir
  26. Middle Englishcoveren
  27. Englishcover
  28. Englishchaircover

From chair + cover.

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APA

chaircover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaircover

MLA

“chaircover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaircover. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chaircover,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaircover.

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