Bath chair

Or bath chair

noun

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

2. any wheelchair.

Bath chair

noun

1. a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bath chair¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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

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"The scale of the shop theft problem within England and Wales is totally unacceptable and action, like that under way in the Pegasus scheme, is vital and urgent," said Lord Foster of Bath, chair of the committee.

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Ruby brings all her Barbies into the tub, and Esme hangs out in her bath chair.

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Others brought over a wheelchair, a bath chair and an elevated toilet seat after Kobrin returned to her apartment with instructions to stay off her feet for several months.

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She wouldn’t have recognized him as Jamie—tonight he was the picture of rosy health, nothing like the gray-faced, grieving invalid she’d last seen slumping bandaged and unresponsive in a Bath chair.

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