单词 | stick chair |
释义 | > as lemmasstick chair stick chair n. (a) a chair with a back (and sometimes also legs) made from plain upright rods or sticks; a Windsor chair; †(b) a sedan chair (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > carrying-chair > sedan chair bearing-chair1352 seat1588 sedge1615 chair1634 man-litter1640 sedan1640 chair-volant1667 street-chaira1712 sedan chair1750 stick chair1800 tonjonc1804 jampan1828 1800 T. Jefferson Let. 9 July in Papers (2005) XXXII. 46 A half dozen stick chairs should have come with the other articles. 1833 Mechanics' Mag. 16 Nov. 108/1 The outside passengers, who are so comfortably seated on stick chairs or benches on the roof. 1908 M. Johnston Lewis Rand i. 11 Coach and chaise, curricle and stick-chair, were encountered. 1990 Woodworker July 709 (caption) John Brown's Welsh stick chairs are in a rural tradition. 2003 M. F. Moran Country Antiques (ed. 2) 105/3 Windsors, sometimes crudely referred to as stick chairs, have a light, airy appearance. < as lemmas |
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