rocking chair

American  

noun

1. a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.

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rocking chair British  

noun

1. a chair set on curving supports so that the sitter may rock backwards and forwards

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Etymology

Origin of rocking chair

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

Example Sentences

The school takes advantage of all the free resources it can get, and adopted a rocking chair for a reading corner.

From BBC

Cassiopeia, the youngest, had taken a Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! book from the shelf to look at the pictures and had promptly fallen asleep in the rocking chair.

From Literature

She sat in the small rocking chair by her bedside and rocked in time to the ticking clock.

From Literature

I had rocking chairs and made it kind of nice.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kennedy took a seat in his rocking chair and smiled for the cameras.

From Literature