bar chair

English

Wooden bar chairs.

Alternative forms

• barchair

Noun

bar chair (plural bar chairs)

1. A tall chair-like seat usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters.

   Synonym: bar stool

   • 2004, Kathy Love, Wanting What You Get‎^[1], New York: Zebra Books, published by Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, (eBook):

     Past the bar was a little area in an alcove that contained a few tall, round tables and bar chairs.

   • 2005, Buff Brazy Given, Simon’s Story: A Novel, [sine loco]: Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 161:

     He ordered a Corona, stretched and groaned as he lowered himself into a too small bar chair.

   • 2005, R. J. Grubb, Mordray’s Whale, New York/Lincoln/Shanghai: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 130:

     Bar chairs were heavy with high backs that prevented many a drunk’s reverse gainer.

   • 2013, John Dufresne, No Regrets, Coyote‎^[2], New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, (eBook):

     The door was guarded by a retired cop named Frankie the Golfer, who sat by the door in an upholstered bar chair that he leaned back against the wall.

   • 2013, Richard Rose, The Lazarus Conspiracies, Honolulu, HI, USA: Savant Books, →ISBN, page 154:

     Roy pulled his bulk off the bar chair. Joe held it for Megan, who had to step onto the bar rail to lift herself onto the chair.

Descendants

• → Japanese: バーチェアー (bācheā) / → Japanese: ばーちぇあー (bācheā)

Translations

tall chair-like seat

• German: Barstuhl (de) m
• Japanese: バーチェアー (ばーちぇあー, bācheā)