Lowboy vs Highboy - What's the difference?
lowboy | highboy |
A low chest of drawers.
*1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 190:
*:Puffing rhythmically, Jones set one of his beautiful dragon-entwined flambeaux on the low-boy with the gleaming drinks [...].
A type of semi-trailer with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.155:
A tall chest of drawers raised up on high legs, beginning with the simpler William and Mary style of the late 17th century, culminating in the late baroque 18th century Queen Anne style, progressing into the early Georgian style, with an ornate top and extensive carvings; sometimes called a . American examples are highly prized by collectors.
:During the Queen Anne period in America, the highboy attained its characteristic form. [...] The cabriole leg was a distinctive feature developed in the Queen Anne period; its shape repeats the S-curve that dominated all Queen Anne design. —
As nouns the difference between lowboy and highboy
is that lowboy is a low chest of drawers while highboy is a tall chest of drawers raised up on high legs, beginning with the simpler william and mary style of the late 17th century, culminating in the late baroque 18th century queen anne style, progressing into the early georgian style, with an ornate top and extensive carvings; sometimes called a american examples are highly prized by collectors.lowboy
English
(lowboy)Alternative forms
*low-boyNoun
(en noun)- Before the grave was half filled a truck entered the cemetery gates towing a lowboy with a tractor chained to the bed.
Synonyms
(trucking) * float * low loaderSee also
(furniture) *tallboyhighboy
English
(wikipedia highboy)Noun
(en noun)(US) National Gallery of Art