deck chair

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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Examples from the Web for deckchair

Contemporary Examples of deckchair

He can be sat in a deckchair for hours then scrambled immediately.
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Tom Sykes
October 12, 2012

Historical Examples of deckchair

Upon the balcony he saw a long outline, the outline of a deckchair with a figure stretched out in it.
Bella Donna
Robert Hichens
He walked aft and, placing himself in a deckchair, gazed listlessly at the stolid figure of the helmsman.
Dialstone Lane, Complete
W.W. Jacobs

British Dictionary definitions for deckchair

deckchair

noun

a folding chair for use out of doors, consisting of a wooden frame suspending a length of canvas
rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic jocular engaged in futile or ineffectual actions

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