Meanings
plural highboys
- A tall chest of drawers that is raised up on high legs.
(US) National Gallery of Art During the Queen Anne period in America, the highboy attained its characteristic form. … The cabriole leg was a distinctive feature developed in the Queen Anne period; its shape repeats the S-curve that dominated all Queen Anne design.
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mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles
1897, Katharine Lee Bates, American Literature[…] the well-known Pennsylvania "Highboy," which is only the English "Tallboy" double-chest elevated on cabriole legs […]
1929 June, Herbert Cescinsky, “American furniture problems”, in The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, volume 54, number 315, page 313 - datedOne who enjoys the high life.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian скрин
- скрин (skrin)double-chest elevated on cabriole legs
Finnish korkea lipasto
- korkea lipastodouble-chest elevated on cabriole legs
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