campstool

[ kamp-stool ]

/ ˈkæmpˌstul /

noun

a lightweight folding stool, especially for use in camping.

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Origin of campstool

First recorded in 1855–60; camp¹ + stool

Words nearby campstool

campshed, camp shirt, campshot, campsite, Camp Springs, campstool, camp stove, camptocormia, camptomelia, camptomelic dwarfism, camptonite

Example sentences from the Web for campstool

"Some of us had better go out there," hinted Lieutenant Prescott, rising from the campstool that he had brought out from his tent.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants|H. Irving Hancock
Major Kosuth, from a campstool a few yards behind his friend, watched with somewhat languid interest.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Whenever they went to the end of the park he carried her campstool and her sunshade.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola
The commander ordered Dunn to fetch paper and campstool out of the cabin.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton

Monsieur Coligny stepped slowly towards the table, drew a campstool near, and sat down upon it.
The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer|Eugne Sue

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