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Definition of Deck chair
1. Noun. A folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas.
Definition of Deck chair
1. Noun. A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deck Chair
Literary usage of Deck chair
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Red Triangle Girl in France (1918)
"I have a nice place for my deck chair beside hers. The ship is very pretty and
Frenchy. Most of the passengers are chattering French. ..."
2. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"In the first place, I wanted to get settled in my deck chair, in that regulation
bent-mummy position so often pictured in summer novels, ..."
3. London of To-day: An Illustrated Handbook for the Season 1892 by Charles Eyre Pascoe (1892)
"You should purchase a Deck-chair— don't forget that : rugs, wraps, ...
The deck-chair's sprawling limbs may be restrained by rope-yarn. ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"In the first place, I wanted to get settled in my deck chair, in that regulation
bent-mummy position so often pictured in summer novels, ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"In the first place, I wanted to get settled in my deck chair, in that regulation
... I went to my deck chair and prepared to camp out for the morning. ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"Once, sitting in his deck chair, he glanced up to find her looking at him with
an absent, half-effaced .-mil.: on her lips almost ineffable sadness that ..."
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