| Bouclé | A cloth made from a yarn that has a loose thread, giving the fabric a tufted or knotted texture. |
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| Box-pleat skirt | A skirt with a double pleat with the under edges folded toward each other. |
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| C.O.M. | Customers Own Material. The customer sends a material of their choice to be used on their order. |
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| Contrast | A secondary fabric used on chairs that accentuate features of the parsons chair. Contrast fabric is sometimes strikingly different such as a plaid contrast on a chair primarily composed of a solid color. Contrast is often applied to the welt and skirt blocks. |
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| Corner block | A piece of wood, glued and screwed in all seat rail joints to provide additional strength. |
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| Dowel | A wooden pin or peg fitted into corresponding holes in to adjacent pieces of wood to fasten them securely together. |
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| Frame | The main structure of the parson chair on which the rest of the chair is built. Carrington Court uses eight-quarters lumber to construct the frame of it's dining chairs. This makes the chair exceptional strong and rugged. |
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| Glide | A small plastic piece applied to the bottom of legs to allow the dining chair to easily slide across the floor without scratching the surface. |
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| Kick-pleat skirt | A solid one panel skirt. |
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| Print | A fabric with a design printed directly on it. |
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| Repeat | The amount of space on a fabric that it takes for a pattern or design to complete. The repeat is usually measured in inches. A solid color has no repeat. |
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| Skirt block | A piece a fabric underneath the skirt that covers the legs of the chair. |
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| Springs | Each chair manufactured by Carrington Court has three heavy gauge sinuous springs. These springs absorb shock and distribute weight making the chairs very comfortable. |
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| Swatch | A small piece of fabric cut off as for a sample. |
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| Tone-on-tone | A fabric that has a design woven into it that is the same color as the rest of the material. |
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| Triple-pleat skirt | A skirt with multiple pleats at each corner giving a three layered appearance. |
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| Welt | A strip of fabric folded over a cord as a trim piece. Welt is used as a border around the seat. |
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