chair days

English

Noun

chair days pl (plural only)

1. (obsolete) Days of repose and old age.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     Wast thou ordain'd, dear father,
     To lose thy youth in peace, and to achieve
     The silver livery of advised age,
     And in thy reverence and thy chair-days, thus
     To die in ruffian battle?

Synonyms

• codgerhood, golden years, twilight years; see also Thesaurus:old age