deck chair

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

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First recorded in 1880–85

A curious shyness prevented him from returning to his own deck-chair, and reading the book within sight of her.
Antony Gray,--Gardener|Leslie Moore
Gordon took a deck-chair on to the Sixth Form green and settled down to read Endymion.
The Loom of Youth|Alec Waugh
The colonel came out of the chateau, which was Brigade Headquarters billet, and settled himself in a deck-chair.
Pushed and the Return Push|George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
Baxter takes up his hat and moves below the deck-chair to R. to meet Delia.
Belinda|A. A. Milne

He put on his coat and stretched himself on a deck-chair on the lawn in the evening sunlight in a great state of contentment.
The New Gulliver and Other Stories|Barry Pain