curule chair


curule chair

n. A seat with heavy curved legs and no back, reserved for the use of the highest officials in ancient Rome. Also called curule seat.

curule chair

n (Historical Terms) an upholstered folding seat with curved legs used by the highest civil officials of ancient Rome

cu′rule chair`


n. (in ancient Rome) a folding seat with curved legs, used as a chair of state by higher magistrates. [1775–85]