basket chair

American  

noun

1. a wicker chair the arms of which are a forward continuation of the back.

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basket chair British  

noun

1. a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair

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Etymology

Origin of basket chair

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

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basket chair

He sat down on the basket chair at the foot of my bed, facing me, and with his back to the light.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing

He pulled a low basket chair out into the sun, close to a bed of pink and white hyacinths.

From The Moving Finger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Beside him, in a basket chair, was the Mistress of the Kennels, and now and again her hand was passed caressingly over Finn's head.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

But Amory was small, and never shut her limbs up like a multiple-lever in a basket chair, but drew her skirt down a foot or so below her toes instead whenever she sat down.

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

She settled herself in a basket chair under a great lime tree on the lawn, and leaving her book lying unopened on her lap, gave herself over to further reverie.

From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald