steamer chair

American  

noun

1. deck chair.

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steamer chair British  

noun

1. a type of reclinable chair with a wooden or wicker frame, sometimes upholstered, designed for relaxing in

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Etymology

Origin of steamer chair

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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steamer chair

The after deck, from the companion hatch to the taffrail, had been reserved by the revolutionists for Helen Marr and her steamer chair.

From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

So for several days with the punkah swinging over him the convalescent lay stretched out upon his steamer chair, the very picture of comfort and pleasant dreams.

From In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India by Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets

All that day she lay in her bamboo steamer chair on deck.

From The Slayer Of souls by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

There, sitting in a steamer chair, in a big red bath robe, was the invalid, Mr. Ackerman.

From Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise by Allen Chapman

Even though he lay back in his steamer chair and looked over the rail at a wide and peaceful ocean the jangle within him continued.

From The Boy Grew Older by Heywood Broun