shuck-bottom

1 of 2

adjective

variants or shuck-bottomed

ˈ⸗¦⸗⸗

: having a seat of interwoven maize husks

a shuck-bottomed chair

shuck bottom

2 of 2

noun

: a shuck-bottom chair

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

shuck-bottom from shuck entry 2 + bottom, noun; shuck-bottomed from shuck entry 2 + bottomed (past participle of bottom, verb)

Noun

shuck entry 2 + bottom, noun

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