camelback
- noun
- /ˈkæməlˌbæk/
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sofá jorobado
- Mary had died at about the same point in time that her sister-in-law was saying goodbye to the mustached mortician who had placed her deceased firstborn son on a camelback sofa.
- camelback sofa
Examples
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He was perched on a camelback sofa smartly upholstered in bleached silk, trying to contain himself.
Fiction book (2000) -
That house we had in New Orleans—it was a double camelback.
Blog text (11) -
The camelback sofa was covered in a tapestry pattern.
Fiction book (1992) -
Admiring the woman more and more by the minute, determined not to wait on mercurial death to initiate their next encounter, he called out, "You boys!" to his waiting Negroes, and together the four of them placed the gray coffin on the camelback sofa.
Fiction book (1999) -
The antique camelback sofa in the living room adds an elegant touch to the decor.
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She inherited a beautiful camelback chair from her grandmother, which is perfect for reading.
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The camelback style of this couch makes it a unique centerpiece in the sitting area.
How Curved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Camelback for a sofa or chair comes from camel and back since the top of the furniture curves into one or more rounded humps like a camel's 'hump'. That's why this style is called a camelback and feels classic and curved.