| 单词 | rib chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrib chair rib chair n. now historical a kind of light open one-horse carriage (see chair n.1 11) having the seat enclosed by a rail supported on wooden ribs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled timwhisky1768 whisky1769 gig1791 rib chair1795 shandry1802 trap1807 tilbury1814 dennet1818 chaise-cart1821 spring-cart1823 go-cart1824 jockey-cart1840 guinguette1852 Catherine1861 croydon1880 stolkjaerre1885 Ralli car1886 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 142 The Rib chair. For lawns or parks those sort of chaises have been mostly used. 1877 G. A. Thrupp Hist. Coaches iv. 75 The Rib Chair was a similar vehicle [to the whisky], but without springs. 1912 R. Straus Carriages & Coaches ix. 235 The stanhope,..much like the old rib chair, but hung from four springs. 2005 K. Olsen All Things Austen I. 134 The ‘rib chair’..had a semicircular wooden seat connected to a semicircular upper rail by a row of small wooden rods. < as lemmas |
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