The seating plan is such that you can see people in other corners.
His head pans around 360 degrees, surveying each and every seating possibility.
There is a grand wooden staircase that leads to a mezzanine with seating.
The main difference between second and third class was the seating.
The seating looked like what many modern trains use in their dining car, minus the tables.
He was on the point of seating himself when he heard Will's yell.
Your seating me at your table was an honour which I did not ambitiously affect.
He dropped into the boat, seating himself to face the recalcitrant Mulready.
"You are not in your habit," said Mrs. Vansittart, seating herself at the breakfast-table.
He did this by seating himself on her chest and gazing steadfastly in her face.
"thing to sit on; act of sitting," c.1200, from Old Norse sæti "seat, position," from Proto-Germanic *sæt- (cf. Old High German saze, Middle Dutch gesaete "seat," Old High German gisazi, German Gesäß "buttocks"), from PIE root *sed- "to sit" (see sit). Meaning "posterior of the body" (the sitting part) is from c.1600; sense of "part of a garment which covers the buttocks" is from 1835. Seat belt is from 1915, originally in airplanes.
"residence, abode, established place," late 13c., extended use of seat (n.1), influenced by Old French siege "seat, established place," and Latin sedes "seat." Meaning "city in which a government sits" is attested from c.1400. Sense of "right of taking a place in a parliament or other legislative body" is attested from 1774. Old English had sæt "place where one sits in ambush," which also meant "residents, inhabitants," and is the source of the -set in Dorset and Somerset.
1570s, "to be in a certain position" (implied in seated), from seat (n.2). Of diseases, in the body, from 1610s (hence deep-seated). Meaning "to cause to sit in a seat" is from 1610s, from seat (n.1). Related: Seated; seating.
noun
The buttocks; ass (1607+)
Related Terms
buddy seat, catbird seat, the hot seat, smoky seat, take a back seat