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highboy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tallboy |
| Type of | bureau, chest, chest of drawers, dresser |
Examples of highboy
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Over the years, I've scored everything from a Boston rocker to a birdseye maple highboy.
From the timesunion.com
Hundreds of books fill the gum-paneled library, along with an exquisite Frothingham highboy.
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The highboy frame rails were produced by American Stamping and are finished with boxing plates.
From the kansas.com
In contrast to the decorative highboy in his living room, Rooney's furniture was simple yet functional.
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A mint-condition Queen Anne highboy or Paul Revere candlesticks may be coveted objects to the average antique hound.
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Jan Coe says that once he saw this 1932 Ford highboy roadster being built by shop students of USD 398 in Peabody, he had to have it.
From the kansas.com
Currently in highboy configuration, the car is powered by a venerable flathead V-8 with Offenhauser heads, twin carbs and a beehive oil filter.
From the kansas.com
I would saunter over to the bathroom area where next to the door stands a highboy dresser and Walt's Bakelite grooming set, with hair still in the brush.
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On a highboy in the corner of the dining room rests a handsome, black-and-white portrait of Jean, a stunner in her early 20s, and James, clad in his Army uniform.
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- A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
- A tallboy is a piece of furniture incorporating a double chest of drawers and a wardrobe on top. A highboy is similar but consists of both upper and lower having drawers, many of which may not be doubled, and some of which were tripled. ...
- A tall chest of drawers raised up on high legs, beginning with the simpler William and Mary style of the late 17th century, culminating in the late baroque 18th century Queen Anne style, progressing into the early Georgian style, with an ornate top and extensive carvings; sometimes called a ...
- A heavy-duty rolling stand, usually with a combo head, that has a junior receiver and a large grip head. Also called Overhead Stands. (Grip/Lighting)
- Quite distinct from the English Tallboy, an American term for a chest-on-stand or high chest derived from William and Mary and Queen Anne furniture, but with more elaborate bonnet top or decorative pediment. Highboys continued to be made until the end of the 19th century.
- A fenderless customized Model A Ford coupe or roadster that sits at stock height.
- A term used to describe a furnace which has a small "footprint" but is tall. The blower is under the heat exchanger.
- Tall chest made up of a chest-of-drawers set on a lowboy, sometimes standing on cabriole legs. The highboy, often made with a matching lowboy, enjoyed widespread popularity in eighteenth-century America.
- Large case piece up on legs, usually found in traditional styles of furniture, consisting of a series of full and smaller drawers.
