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campstool

American  
[kamp-stool] / ˈkæmpˌstul /

noun

  1. a lightweight folding stool, especially for use in camping.


Etymology

Origin of campstool

First recorded in 1855–60; camp 1 + stool

Example Sentences

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With that, Audubon sat down on a campstool.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

Macleod's gillie rose—or, rather, got down—from the campstool, and showed himself to be a miserable, emaciated child of ten or eleven, with a perfectly colorless face, frightened gray eyes, and starved white hands.

From Macleod of Dare by Black, William

He heaved a sigh as he sat down on a nearby campstool.

From Elkan Lubliner, American by Glass, Montague

I pointed to the recessed part where the little campstool awaited him and laid my finger on my lips.

From The Secret Sharer by Conrad, Joseph

He helped her into her warm travelling cloak, and taking up her campstool and easel they walked briskly, with healthy, swinging strides, out by the avenue of plane trees bordering the Roman aqueduct.

From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max

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