Meanings
plural chairdrobes
- slangA chair on which someone stores clothing that has been worn but which is not yet too dirty to wear again.
I noted the chairdrobe in almost every bedroom I entered thoughout university.
2014, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton, Sheila Heti, Women in Clothes: Why We Wear What We Wear, →ISBN2 more examples
And to the left of it, and near the foot of a bed, is the chairdrobe (the old and elegant chair too fragile for anyone to contemplate sitting on) and to his left; a small bedside chest of drawers.
2013, Basil John, Sharing: An Imperfect Recollection, →ISBNThis didn’t make it to the scholar’s mistress but I did find it on the chairdrobe, which gives you a little peek, if you ever wanted one, into the state of my bedroom.
2013 September 5, Nicholas Lezard, “The shame of waking up in bed with the succubus Mistress Motivator”, in New Statesman
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*kətá
- Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
- Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
- Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
- Latincathedra
- Old Frenchchaiere
- Middle Englishchayere
- Englishchair
- Proto-Indo-European*wer-
- Proto-Indo-European*wor-tús
- Proto-Germanic*warduz
- Proto-Germanic*wardō
- Proto-Germanic*wardāną
- Frankish*wardēn
- Early Medieval Latinwardō
- Old Northern Frenchwarder
- Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
- Proto-Indo-European*Hrewp-
- Frankish*rouba
- Old Frenchrobe
- Old Northern Frenchwarderoube
- Middle Englishwarderobe
- Englishwardrobe
- Englishchairdrobe
Cite this entry
chairdrobe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairdrobe
“chairdrobe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairdrobe. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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