basket chair

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noun

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

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Origin of basket chair

First recorded in 1625–35

Words nearby basket chair

Baskerville, basket, basketball, basket case, basket catch, basket chair, basket clause, basket dinner, basket fern, basket fish, basket flower

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How to use basket chair in a sentence

And this time Mrs. Armine noticed that the basket chair did not creak beneath his movement.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
The dwarfs leaped into the air and in a bound seized and cut the branches, out of which they deftly wove a basket chair.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
The sun shone hot on the rippling grass, but it was cool on the shady veranda where Helen sat in a basket chair.
The Girl From Keller's|Harold Bindloss
Then she drove home, and getting back at dusk, sat down opposite Charnock, who lounged in a basket chair with a pipe in his mouth.
The Girl From Keller's|Harold Bindloss

The colonel had drawn forward a basket chair, and was leaning back in it with crossed legs, and one foot swinging.
The Isle of Unrest|Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for basket chair

basket chair

noun

a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair

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