fauteuil

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  1. noun An upholstered armchair usually having open sides.

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  • There he placed himself in a fauteuil, Monsieur, while he was there, in another; the Duchesse de Bourgogne, Madame (but only after the death of Monsieur), the Duchesse de Berry (after her marriage), the three bastard-daughters, and Madame du Maine (when she was at Versailles), on stools on each side. —  The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V7
  • Buried in a fauteuil, with her arms resting upon a table, sits Mme. —  The Great German Composers
  • Midway down the lists, in the ladies' gallery, a richly-canopied fauteuil or arm-chair, draped in crimson and gold, held the "queen of beauty," the fair-faced Olympia Mancini--the imperious young lady "whom the king delighted to honor." —  Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
  • Behind the table there is a fauteuil-stool, and on the right of the table a cosy arm-chair. —  The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts
  • And mother's bound to hear us; she sleeps so lightly when I'm out DAPHNE Gaping violently._] Oh-h-h-h JIMMIE Clapping her hand over DAPHNE'S mouth._] Manners FULKERSON Depositing his overcoat and hat upon the fauteuil-stool._] One 'ud 'magine th' working-man'sh th' on'y pershon who ever does day'sh work! —  The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts
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  1. French, from Old French faldestoel, of Germanic origin; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. French, from Old French faudestueil, fadestuel, faldestuel, from Middle Latin faldestolium, faldstool: see faldstool.
 

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