Definition of highboy. Meaning of highboy. Synonyms of highboy

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Definition of highboy

Highboy
Highboy High"boy`, n. 1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer. 2. A kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] ``Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles.' --K. L. Bates.
highboy
Tallboy Tall"boy`, n. 1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup. 2. A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts, with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; -- called also highboy. 3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.

Meaning of highboy from wikipedia

- of furniture incorporating a chest of drawers and a wardrobe on top. A highboy consists of double chest of drawers (a chest-on-chest), with the lower...
- on "highboy" trucks, as that option package was developed specifically for slide-in campers; raising the center of gravity further on a Highboy truck...
- called in contradistinction to (and designed to match) the tallboy or highboy chest of drawers. Lowboys and tallboys were favorite pieces of the 18th...
- American South. Nightstand, a small table or similar next to a bed Lowboy and highboy "Cambridge Dictionaries online, entry for Commode". Retrieved 20 January...
- York, with a top broken pediment, reminiscent of those found in Baroque highboys, by Philip Johnson, 1981-1984 Broken pediment of San Marcello al Corso...
- nicknamed the "Highboy" following the launch of the "III Lowboy" (around 1970) in order not to confuse the two models. Both the III "Highboy" and III Lowboy...
- A highboy full of drawer pulls, backed by eschutcheon plates...
- This high chest of drawers, also known as a highboy or tallboy, is part of the Decorative Arts collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis...
- British merchants. Philadelphian cabinet makers built elegant desks and highboys. German artisans created intricately carved designs on their chests and...
- 3-window highboy Deuce coupé with a traditional chop—dropped front axle, sidepipes, bugcatcher scoop (with Mooneyes cover) over dual quads on a tunnel...