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A chair designed to make falling off look like a lifestyle choice.
means A tall, backless (or small-backed) seat built to match the height of a bar counter, usually perched on a single pedestal or long legs with a footrest.
from Straightforward compound: 'bar' (the counter where drinks are served, itself from the wooden barrier that once separated server from served) plus 'stool,' an old word — going back to Old English 'stol' — that originally just meant any seat, before 'chair' took over that job and 'stool' got demoted to backless, humbler seating. The bar stool's defining trait, its height, simply comes from needing to reach a raised counter rather than a low table.
- no backrest
- forces posture, prevents overstaying your welcome
- height standard
- usually 28-33 inches, matched to bar counters
- swivel design
- invented so bartenders could be watched from any angle
- footrest origin
- added so patrons stopped resting boots on brass rails