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Stock-Based Compensation, SARs (Details) (Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs), USD $)
9 Months Ended
Jan. 24, 2015
Stock-Based Compensation  
Percentage vesting each year from date of grant 25.00%lzb_PercentagesOfShareBasedPaymentAwardExercisableVestingInEachYearFromDateOfGrant
Period from grant date for first vesting 1 year
Vesting period 4 years
Awards Granted During 2014
 
Fair value assumptions  
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent) 1.06%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= lzb_AwardsGrantedDuring2014Member
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Dividend rate (as a percent) 1.17%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= lzb_AwardsGrantedDuring2014Member
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Expected life in years 3 years 4 months 24 days
Stock price volatility (as a percent) 38.80%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= lzb_AwardsGrantedDuring2014Member
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Fair value per share (in dollars per share) 10.92us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedIntrinsicValue
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= lzb_AwardsGrantedDuring2014Member
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Awards Granted During 2013
 
Fair value assumptions  
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent) 0.64%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= lzb_AwardsGrantedDuring2013Member
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Dividend rate (as a percent) 1.17%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= lzb_AwardsGrantedDuring2013Member
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Expected life in years 2 years 5 months 23 days
Stock price volatility (as a percent) 32.35%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= lzb_AwardsGrantedDuring2013Member
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Fair value per share (in dollars per share) 15.00us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedIntrinsicValue
/ us-gaap_AwardDateAxis
= lzb_AwardsGrantedDuring2013Member
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember