sedan chair

noun

1. an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.

sedan chair

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: sedan. a closed chair for one passenger, carried on poles by two bearers. It was commonly used in the 17th and 18th centuries

Word History and Origins

Origin of sedan chair¹

First recorded in 1740–50