chair car
a day coach having two adjustable seats on each side of a central aisle.
(not in technical use) parlor car.
Origin of chair car
1Words Nearby chair car
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use chair car in a sentence
The engine, baggage car, coach, and chair car fell into the creek, claiming 96 lives and leaving only two dozen alive.
The Five Deadliest Train Derailments in U.S. History | The Daily Beast | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe dared not laugh aloud in the crowded chair-car, but her inner being was shaken with joy.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesOne woman in the chair car declared that she had seen someone just like the Mexican going through the car, about one o'clock.
Frontier Boys in Frisco | Wyn RooseveltThe exclusive isolation of the chair car had not found favor with them.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman | Pauline LesterNight before last, while the train was speeding along in the darkness, the occupants of the reclining chair car were startled.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love | Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
As I sat for the rest of my journey in that chair car my mind reverted to another incident that had occurred two months earlier.
From Pillar to Post | John Kendrick Bangs
Browse