deck chair

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noun

a folding chair, usually with arms and a full-length leg rest, commonly used for lounging on the decks of passenger ships.

Origin of deck chair

First recorded in 1880–85

Also called steamer chair.

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I lay down on a deck-chair, and when dawn came was benumbed and sleepy.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
Kenyon reclined in his deck-chair with his eyes fixed on the blue sky.
A Woman Intervenes
Robert Barr
He sat down heavily in the deck-chair to keep the pretense of his watch.
End of the Tether
Joseph Conrad
He was sitting in a deck-chair and looking out across the water.
The Priest's Tale - Pre Etienne
Robert Keable
And Cray lay in a deck-chair, gasping as for life, but alive.
The Wisdom of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton