campstool

American  

[kamp-stool] / ˈkæmpˌstul /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of campstool

First recorded in 1855–60; camp ¹ + stool

Example Sentences

A few campstools and barrels served as chairs, and the arrangements generally were almost luxurious.

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Was impressed as usual by the heterogeneous attendance—tourists with campstools and without, ecclesiastics of various grades, students, friars; one splendid working-man in his corduroys stood like a statue, in an attitude of fixed attention.

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We also indulged in nuts, and sat on our campstools 218 in a shady place and ate them boldly in the public mart, while enjoying the lively scene.

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Stepping from her vehicle she placed a campstool upon the sidewalk beside it, and lifting her box of candy from the seat established herself upon her stool with the open box upon her lap.

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Monsieur Coligny stepped slowly towards the table, drew a campstool near, and sat down upon it.

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