deck chair

noun

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

Words nearby deck chair

decius, deck, deck beam, deck bolt, deck bridge, deck chair, deck crane, deck department, deck gang, deck hand, deck hook

Example sentences from the Web for deckchair

  • He can be sat in a deckchair for hours then scrambled immediately.

    Prince Harry 'Fires on Taliban' |Tom Sykes |October 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

  • Upon the balcony he saw a long outline, the outline of a deckchair with a figure stretched out in it.

    Bella Donna |Robert Hichens

  • He walked aft and, placing himself in a deckchair, gazed listlessly at the stolid figure of the helmsman.

    Dialstone Lane, Complete |W.W. Jacobs

British Dictionary definitions for deckchair

deckchair
/ (ˈdɛkˌtʃɛə) /

noun

a folding chair for use out of doors, consisting of a wooden frame suspending a length of canvas
rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic jocular engaged in futile or ineffectual actions