bucket seat

noun

1. an individual seat with a rounded or contoured back, as in some automobiles and airplanes, often made to fold forward.

bucket seat

noun

1. a seat in a car, aircraft, etc, having curved sides that partially enclose and support the body

Word History and Origins

Origin of bucket seat¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

G forces slammed him into the bucket seat and the world went gray as blood drained from his head.

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Nagel's body, scrunched deep into his bucket seat, seemed pitifully thin under the heavy harnessing.

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He was bent over the third and last crewman, who had been strapped in a bucket seat immediately behind the pilot.

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Just imagine, we'll be able to sleep stretched out instead of doubled up in a bucket seat.

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He slid into the single bucket seat and with a flick of his finger set the tiny reaction motor into operation.

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