deckchair

/ ˈdɛkˌtʃɛə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

He can be sat in a deckchair for hours then scrambled immediately.

From The Daily Beast

Upon the balcony he saw a long outline, the outline of a deckchair with a figure stretched out in it.

From Project Gutenberg

He walked aft and, placing himself in a deckchair, gazed listlessly at the stolid figure of the helmsman.

From Project Gutenberg