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ˈbent-ˈwood
Also bentwood.
[f. bent ppl. a. + wood.]
1. Wood curved by machinery, used for making furniture. Chiefly attrib.
1862Illustr. Times 15 Nov. 473/1 Messrs. Thonet Brothers ‘Bent-Wood’ Furniture at the Great Exhibition. The manufactory of these bent-wood chairs and couches is in the Carpathian Mountains, between Hungary and Moravia, in the district of Koritchan. 1884Health Exhib. Catal. 90/1 Austrian Bentwood Furniture. 1933Archit. Rev. LXXIV. 77 A typical example of bent-wood chairs for children. 1959House & Garden Sept. 71/2 Chair in foreground, bentwood upholstered in black leather.
2. north. dial. Ivy. [prob. for bendwood, i.e. bindwood: cf. bend n.1] |