1. tall chests of drawers, typically on legs, used for storing clothes
Usage: furniture

Examples

• The antique highboys in the bedroom were made of mahogany.
• She stored her linens in one of the matching highboys.
• The furniture store had several colonial-style highboys on display.
• These 18th-century highboys are valuable collector’s items.
• The movers carefully transported the heavy highboys upstairs.
• Both highboys were refinished to restore their original beauty.