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

He was from Detroit, and for the first three days remained lashed to his steamer chair like a mummy, with nothing showing but a blue nose and closed eyelids.

From The Rulers of the Mediterranean by Davis, Richard Harding

As we were heading out of the bay and almost under the shadow of Capri I glanced at the man in the adjoining steamer chair and recognised the banker from Tien-tsin.

From In Pastures New by Ade, George

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 Sheets, Emily Churchill Thompson

The young man himself lay back in the steamer chair lent him by one of the few friends he had in town, and his overcoat was thrown over his knees.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander

Norris even made a sort of steamer chair of poles, using a double thickness of his tarp for the seat and back.

From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen