campstool

American  

[kamp-stool] / ˈkæmpˌstul /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of campstool

First recorded in 1855–60; camp ¹ + stool

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Example Sentences

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campstool

With that, Audubon sat down on a campstool.

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

"Howdy, pardners?" was the greeting from the bad man, that caused Tom Reade almost to fall from his campstool.

From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

An iron plait of hair lay for about six inches down her spine; her feet and ankles made the campstool on which she sat, looking pathetically ethereal.

From Living Alone by Stella Benson

Beside the dog, sitting on a campstool, and wrapped round with a tartan plaid, was the person whom Macleod had doubtless referred to as his gillie.

From Macleod of Dare by William Black

Rivière placed the campstool for her, and watched her in silence as she plied her pencil with swift, decisive lines.

From Swirling Waters by Max Rittenberg

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