backless stool

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• stool — stoollike, adj. /stoohl/, n. 1. a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back. 2. a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting. 3. Hort. the stump, base, or root of a plant from which… …   Universalium

• stool — [[t]stul[/t]] n. 1) fur a simple armless and usu. backless seat on legs or a pedestal 2) fur a short, low support on which to step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting 3) bot a) a stump, base, or root of a plant that produces new stems or… …   From formal English to slang

• backless — adjective lacking a back a stool is a backless and armless seat • Ant: ↑backed • Similar to: ↑low cut …   Useful english dictionary

• Turned chair — Turned or thrown chairs are an early form of armchair, made by turners with the use of a lathe, rather than by joiners or carpenters. cite book title=Oak Furniture: The British Tradition last=Chinnery |first=Victor publisher=Antique Collector s… …   Wikipedia

• campstool — noun a folding stool • Hypernyms: ↑stool * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a small portable folding backless stool * * * /kamp stoohl /, n. a lightweight folding stool, esp. for use in camping. [1855 60; CAMP1 + STOOL] …   Useful english dictionary

• curule — adjective Etymology: Latin curulis, perhaps alteration of currulis of a chariot, from currus chariot, from currere to run Date: 1600 1. relating to or being a high ranking dignitary of ancient Rome entitled to occupy a special chair 2. of,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• List of chairs — The following is a partial list of chair types, with internal or external cross references about most of the chairs.0 9The 10 Downing Street Guard Chairs are two antique chairs used by guards in the early 1800s.AThe Aalto armchair 406 was… …   Wikipedia

• Eric Clapton — Clapton on stage, Munich, Germany, on 5 June 2010 Background information Birth name Eric Patrick Clapton Also know …   Wikipedia

• Midwifery — Midwives redirects here. For the novel by Chris Bohjalian, see Midwives (novel). A midwife measures the height of the mother s fundus at about 26 weeks to determine the probable gestational age of the fetus. Midwifery is a health care profession… …   Wikipedia

• taboret — /tab euhr it, tab euh ret , ray /, n. 1. a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool. 2. a frame for embroidery. 3. a small, usually portable stand, cabinet, or chest of drawers, as for holding work supplies. 4. a small tabor. Also,… …   Universalium

• faldstool — [fôld′sto͞ol΄] n. [ME foldstol < ML faldistolium, prob. via OFr faldestoel < Frank * faldistol (see FOLD1 & STOOL), akin to OHG faltstuol, OE fyldestol] 1. a portable stool or desk used in praying 2. R.C.Ch. a backless chair used as by a… …   English World dictionary