armrest

English

Armrests.

Etymology

From arm + rest.

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Noun

armrest (plural armrests)

  1. Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.
    • 2007 June 14, David Pogue, “Headphones to Shut Out the World”, in New York Times:
      Each comes in a carrying case that keeps the devices together with their accessories: the miniplug cable for your music or DVD player, for example, and the adapters for quarter-inch phono jacks and dual-pronged airplane armrest jacks.

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