Bath chair

American  

Or bath chair

noun

1. a wheeled and hooded chair, used especially by invalids.

2. any wheelchair.

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Bath chair British  

noun

1. a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood

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Etymology

Origin of Bath chair

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

After about 10 months, he said, the bath chair was approved.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2024

He would not talk of it, was lured to speak of his newest book, Mario and the Magician, which he wrote last summer in a wicker bath chair on the brim of the Baltic.

From Time Magazine Archive

The nurse got to her feet very quickly and went to the bath chair.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

She spent much time out of doors, on the Lees, in a bath chair.

From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Martin, Frances

Outside, in his bath chair, wheeled up and down by a long-suffering attendant, goes Mr. Amherst, in happy ignorance of the four eyes that watch his coming and going with such distaste.

From Molly Bawn by Hamilton, Margaret Wolfe