deck chair

a folding chair, usually with arms and a full-length leg rest, commonly used for lounging on the decks of passenger ships.

Also called steamer chair.

Origin of deck chair

First recorded in 1880–85

A curious shyness prevented him from returning to his own deck-chair, and reading the book within sight of her.

Antony Gray,--Gardener |Leslie Moore
Gordon took a deck-chair on to the Sixth Form green and settled down to read Endymion.

The Loom of Youth |Alec Waugh
The colonel came out of the chateau, which was Brigade Headquarters billet, and settled himself in a deck-chair.

Pushed and the Return Push |George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
Baxter takes up his hat and moves below the deck-chair to R. to meet Delia.

Belinda |A. A. Milne

He put on his coat and stretched himself on a deck-chair on the lawn in the evening sunlight in a great state of contentment.

The New Gulliver and Other Stories |Barry Pain