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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

Afterward, she reclined in a cane chair at her home, hooked up to an IV dangling from an open window.

From Seattle Times

He sat down on a cane chair in the dark hall and began to say, 'Hooper is dead now, Hooper is dead,’ over and over to himself, in a whisper.

From Literature

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

She was running her hand down the length of the cane chair, over and over.

From Literature