Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fauteuil \Fau`teuil"\, n. [F. See {Faldistory}.]
   1. An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils
      or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.

   2. Chair of a presiding officer.

Source : WordNet®

fauteuil
     n : an upholstered armchair