Definition of bath chair in English:
bath chair
nounˈbɑːθ ˌtʃɛːˈbæθ ˌtʃɛr
dated A kind of wheelchair for invalids, typically with a hood.
Example sentencesExamples
- Later he went mad and spent three or four years in a bath chair spitting and making inappropriate suggestions to the nurses.
- Nurse, the bath chair, please - I must be getting home.
- However, the items that would be of most use is an old bath chair and an old style telephone.
- I can see myself sitting in a bath chair at 130 years old, rug over my knees, wheezing like an old concertina, as I regale everyone with tales of Glastonbury festival 1996 (those were the days).
- After a time he lost the power of walking and had to exchange his daily constitutional for a bath chair, but no murmur of complaint escaped him.
Origin
Early 19th century: named after the city of Bath, which attracted many invalids because of the supposed curative powers of its hot springs.
Definition of bath chair in US English:
bath chair
nounˈbæθ ˌtʃɛrˈbaTH ˌCHer
dated A kind of wheelchair for invalids, typically with a hood.
Example sentencesExamples
- I can see myself sitting in a bath chair at 130 years old, rug over my knees, wheezing like an old concertina, as I regale everyone with tales of Glastonbury festival 1996 (those were the days).
- Later he went mad and spent three or four years in a bath chair spitting and making inappropriate suggestions to the nurses.
- Nurse, the bath chair, please - I must be getting home.
- However, the items that would be of most use is an old bath chair and an old style telephone.
- After a time he lost the power of walking and had to exchange his daily constitutional for a bath chair, but no murmur of complaint escaped him.
Origin
Early 19th century: named after the city of Bath, which attracted many invalids because of the supposed curative powers of its hot springs.