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cane chair

American  

noun

  1. a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.


Etymology

Origin of cane chair

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

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Everyone wanted a cane chair or a marble-topped bistro table, she noticed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

The family’s northern provenance is apparent in the home’s entryway, where an antique New England cane chair stands next to a wicker basket of shells and stones the Moffetts collected at Rhode Island’s Matunuck Beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2018

On the second day the older monk carried in a cane chair for the use of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, placing it near the altar area, bowing and gesturing for him to sit down.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Mama sat carefully at the edge of a cane chair.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

She sat down in a cane chair by the window.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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