cane chair

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cane chair

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

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

She sat down in a cane chair by the window.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Mama sat carefully at the edge of a cane chair.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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 "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill