straw-bottomed
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]straw-bottomed (not comparable)
- Of a chair, having a seat of woven cane or with cushioning of straw.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:
- Two women, one fat and the other slim, sat on straw-bottomed chairs, knitting black wool.
- Of a bottle, having a straw covering around the base, as traditional Chianti bottles.