noun
highboy
HIGH-boy/ˈhaɪbɔɪ/
A tall chest of drawers supported on legs.
A wooden highboy stands on slender legs beside the bed.
Etymology
English high combines with French bois, “wood,” to name a tall wooden chest. The name thus brings together the furniture’s height and its material.
In context
today we have a nice antique mahogany highboy chest on chest
More examples
- She keeps sweaters in the highboy's bottom drawer.
- The antique shop has two highboys with curved legs.
- This highboy provides plenty of storage without taking up much floor space.
Forms
highboy · highboys
Similar words
- dresser
- Usually wider and lower, sometimes with an attached mirror.
- chest
- A general storage piece, not necessarily tall or on legs.