elbow chair
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De Callières, Governor of Montreal, commanded the left wing; De Vaudreuil the right; and De Frontenac, now 76 years of age, was carried, like Menschikoff at Alma, in the centre, in an elbow chair.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
While you converse with lords and dukes, I have their betters here, my books; Fixed in an elbow chair at ease I choose companions as I please.
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
The mother occasionally rose, and drew aside the window-curtain, as if to look for some expected object; a frugal meal was ready spread upon the table; and an elbow chair was placed near the fire.
From The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles
The old gentleman lowered himself by sections into an elbow chair.
From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland
Who answered, that she was dozing in the elbow chair, having refused to lie down, saying, she should soon, she hoped, lie down for good.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel
